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New Testament Apocrypha
and
Early Christian Literature

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New Testament Apocrypha

During the birth of Christianity, some of the Jewish apocrypha that dealt with the coming of the Messianic kingdom became popular in the rising Jewish-Christian communities. Occasionally these writings were changed or added to, but on the whole it was found sufficient to reinterpret them as conforming to a Christian viewpoint. Many texts believed lost for centuries were unearthed in the 19th and 20th centuries, producing lively speculation about their importance in early Christianity among religious scholars, while many others survive only in the form of quotations from them in other writings; for some, no more than the title is known.

• The Acts

  • The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew
  • The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
  • The Acts of Andrew
  • The Acts of Andrew and Matthew
  • The Acts of Barnabas
  • The Acts of John
  • The Acts of John the Theologian
  • The Acts of Paul
  • The Acts of Paul and Thecla
  • The Acts of Peter
    
  • The Acts of Peter and Andrew
  • The Acts of Peter and Paul
  • The Acts of Philip
  • The Acts of Thomas

 

• The Apocalypses

  • The Apocalypse of Peter (from the Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol X.)
      An entirely different text of this name is found in the Nag Hammadi Library.
  • The Apocalypse of Sedrach
  • The Apocalypse of the Virgin
  • The Apocalypse of Thomas
  • The Revelation of John the Theologian
  • The Revelation of Paul
  • The Revelation of Stephen
    
  • Vision of Paul the Apostle (from the Ante-Nicene Fathers)
    

 

• Apocryphal Gospels

  • The Gospel of Bartholomew
  • The Gospel of James
  • The Gospel of Nicodemus (The Acts of Pilate) M.R. James translation
  • The Gospel of Nicodemus Jones-Wake translation
  • The Gospel of Peter
    
  • Gospel of Peter - Last
  • The Lost Gospel According to Peter
  • The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
    
  • The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
    
  • The Secret Gospel of Mark
    

 

• The Epistles

  • The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus, King of Edessa.
  • The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
  • The Epistle of Barnabas
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To Polycarp
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Ephesians
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Magnesians
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Philadelphians
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Philippians
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Romans
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Smyrnaeans
  • The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Trallians
  • The Epistle Of Polycarp To The Philippians
  • The Epistle Of The Apostles
  • The Epistles Of Jesus Christ And Abgarus King of Edessa
  • The Epistle To The Laodiceans
  • The First Epistle Of Clemet To The Corinthians
  • The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
  • The Letter Of Pontius Pilate To Roman Emperor
  • Letters Of Christ And Abgarus
  • Letters of Herod and Pilate
  • Letters of Pontius Pilate to Seneca in Rome
  • The Report of Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar

 

• The Infancy Gospels

  • The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour
  • The first Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
  • The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text A
    
  • The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text B
    
  • The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Latin Text
    
  • A Compilation of the Thomas Texts (c. 5th Century)
    

 

• The Martyrdom Texts

  • The Martyrdom of Ignatius
  • The Martyrdom of Matthew
  • The Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp

 

• The Teachings

  • The Didache "The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles"
  • Patience by Tertullian
  • Prayer by Tertullian
  • Spectacles by Tertullian
  • To the Martyrs by Tertullian
  • The Teaching of Addaeus the Apostle

 

• Other Early Christian Writings

  • The Apostles' Creed
  • The Avenging of the Saviour
  • The First Book of Hermas, called Visions
  • The Second Book of Hermas, called Commands
  • The Third Book of Hermas, called Similitudes-I-VIII
  • The Third Book of Hermas, called Similitudes-IX-X
  • The Protevangelion    Jones-Wake translation from The Lost Books of The Bible
  • Book of James or Protevangelium
  • Book of John the Evangelist
  • The Consummation of Thomas the Apostle
  • Ephraim of Syria`s Hymn Against Bar-Daisan.
  • Ephraim of Syria`s The Pearl: Seven Hymns on the Faith.
  • The History Of Joseph The Carpenter
  • The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
  • Ptolemy's Commentary on the Gospel Of John Prologue
  • The Shepherd of Hermas

 

New Testament Discoveries

• The Gospel of Judas
• The Gospel of Judas (Coptic Text)
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