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Source basis: Each hosted writing names its date, translator, source link, and manuscript survival notes where available. Sources
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The Apocrypha
c. AD 120–400
Letters, acts, and visions associated with apostolic names — with differing histories of reception. Inclusion here describes a literary collection, not a judgment of universal canonical status.
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Epistula Apostolorum
The risen Christ in dialogue with the apostles — with the manuscript's own wounds left visible.
2nd century (c. AD 120–170) · 51 sections · 89 paragraphs
Third Epistle to the Corinthians
The apocryphal exchange between the Corinthian elders and Paul — their alarm at teachers who denied the resurrection, and Paul's reply defending the resurrection of the flesh. Part of the Acts of Paul.
c. AD 160–190 · 5 sections · 15 paragraphs
The Abgar Correspondence
A king's letter to Jesus, and the reply tradition preserved — cherished in Syriac and Armenian memory.
c. AD 300–325 (as recorded by Eusebius) · 3 sections · 10 paragraphs
The Apocalypse of Paul
Paul's tour of heaven and hell — the text behind Dante's Inferno.
c. AD 380–400 · 39 sections · 87 paragraphs