THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

This version of The Lost Books Of The Bible is edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.

This is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha, including many works which were admired and read by the early Christians, but which were later excluded from the canonical Bible.

It includes accounts of the young Jesus, particularly the Gospel of Mary and the Protevangelion, which provides additional folklore about the birth and youthful adventures of Jesus. Of note are the letters of Paul and Seneca, and the letters of Herod and Pilate, which are most likely a forgery, but add more depth to the question of the historicity of Jesus.

There are also a number of non-canonical epistles, such as Laodiceans. Also worth a close read are the three books of the Shepherd of Hermas, which uses apocalyptic and symbolic imagery.

This collection is an invaluable selection of portions of the New Testament which illustrates the fluid nature of the early Biblical canon, and provides access to all of the 'spare parts.

This Lost Books Of The Bible app includes:

★The Gospel of the Birth of Mary

★The Protevangelion

★The First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ

★Thomas's Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ

★The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa

★The Gospel of Nicodemus, Formerly Called the Acts of Pontius Pilate

★The Apostles’ Creed

★The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans

★The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul

★The Acts of Paul and Thecla

★The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

★The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

★The General Epistle of Barnabas

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians

★The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnæans

★The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp

★The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

★The Shepherd of Hermas

★The Second Book of Hermas, Called His Commands

★The Third Book of Hermas, Which Is Called His Similitudes

★Letters of Herod and Pilate

★The Lost Gospel According to Peter

★Recommended Resources

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