The Gospel of Thomas all but disappeared during the persecutions however some very rare partial copies regularly turned up.
The writings in these codices comprised fifty two mostly Gnostic works, but they a.
Twelve leather bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local peasant named Mohammed Ali Samman.
Known today as the "The Nag Hammadi library" is a collection of Gnostic texts.
Until it\'s rediscovery among many other well-known Scriptures near Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945.
The Gospel of Thomas all but disappeared during the persecutions however some very rare partial copies regularly turned up