Some of the very first Christians the Ebionites did rely on a manuscript, the account of Matthew without the first two chapters. Now the Ebionites are called heretics and the only accounts of them that survive are those written by their enemies which were written to discredit the Ebionites. The Roman church could not allow the truth to survive while they established the lie that passes for Christianity today.
Censorship is nothing new. The truth just the same as real money (gold) cannot be allowed or the false cannot be sold.
