It seems that the Pope still thinks of Judas as the same turncoat as the Bible does.
Pope Benedict XVI Thursday recounted the Biblical betrayal of Jesus by Judas, calling the apostle a double-crosser for whom "money was more important than communion with Jesus, more important than God and his love."
Benedict's traditional depiction of Judas came during his Holy Thursday homily, a week after the release of an ancient Egyptian Coptic text dubbed the "Gospel of Judas," in which Judas is portrayed not as Jesus' betrayer but as his confidant who was doing his will by handing him over to his enemies to be crucified.
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I think it's interesting that lots of the media has treated this document like gold. It's over 200 years older than the gospel accounts...and this trumps all that?
I think most people don't want to make it part of the Canon but they just want other interpretations of things. Judas as a tragic figure instead of an evil one must strike a cord with the media.
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