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Prior to the twentieth century, Acts of Andrew was known chiefly through a book about Andrew by the medieval bishop Gregory of Tours. At that time, Gregory's book was considered to be a reliable epitome of the Acts of Andrew. The first modern edition of the work was a reconstruction published in 1924 by M. R. James that was based on Gregory's book.
Andrew tells Matthias to go to a fig tree and eat of its figs. Matthias and his fellow prisoners escape the city and ride a cloud to a nearby mountain where Peter is preaching, where they stay. Back in the city of cannibals, the administrators of the city are annoyed that their planned meal has escaped, and decide to eat the seven dead guards ...
The Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew is a 5th-century Nestorian text originally written in Koine Greek which is one of many apocryphal acts of the apostles. [1] The work was influential on later Christian hagiographies of Saint Mercurius and Saint Christopher, [2] as well as several medieval Islamic traditions. [1]
Matthias (/ m ə ˈ θ aɪ ə s /; Koine Greek: Ματθίας, Matthías [maθˈθi.as], from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattiṯyāhū; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. AD 80) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death. [1]
The Acts of Peter and Andrew is a short 3rd-century text from the New Testament apocrypha, not to be confused with either the Acts of Andrew or the Acts of Peter. The text is unusual in apparently containing no attempt at espousing doctrine, and is likely simply to have been a work of literature rather than theology. Cover of a Finnish translation
The Acts of Thomas and the Acts of Peter and the Twelve are often considered Gnostic texts. While most of the texts are believed to have been written in the 2nd century, at least two, the Acts of Barnabas and the Acts of Peter and Paul are believed to have been written as late as the 5th century. Acts of Andrew; Acts of Barnabas; Acts of John ...
the Acts of Andrew, of Thomas, of Peter, of Philip, and of Paul and Thecla. the Gospels of Matthias, of James, of Peter, of Thomas, of Bartholomew, of Andrew, the Syriac Infancy Gospel and the Gospel of Barnabas (not the 16th century Gospel of Barnabas [5]). the Apocalypses of Paul, Thomas, and of Stephen.
Saint Luke the Evangelist by Toros Roslin. The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus.The Acts (Latin: Acta; Greek: Πράξεις Práxeis) are important for many reasons, one of them being the concept of apostolic succession. [1]