I agree. They were either destroyed (those they could) or declared non canonical scripture. However, when studying history (outside the religious perspective), the whole of history is studied, not just canonical accepted texts and accounts.



>Tracy,
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>>The stories are varied throughout history. To be fair, one cannot solely rely on the accepted gospels as the only documentation of history.
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>Oh, I agree, but you can not dismiss them either; problem is that other documentation is so scarce... if I were a Conspiracy Theorists, I would say the Church destroyed all other documents.