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Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas

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The full title of this book, published in 1909, is The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. As early as the second century, numerous legends concerning the fates of the Christian apostles were in circulation. These Acts, widely regarded as originating circa 150 CE, are among the earliest accounts still in existence of the lives, preaching and martyrdoms of the apostles Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. They are written in a fantastic and romantic style, and although they were influential in later Christian conceptions of these apostles, they are historically worthless as biographies. They do, however, reflect many of the beliefs of earliest, pre-Nicene Christianity.

Bernhard Pick translated the most complete versions of the Apocryphal Acts available to him in 1909. Although more complete manuscripts of these Acts have since been discovered, Pick was sometimes working with incomplete texts. Several large lacunae, or gaps in the text, are present in Pick’s translation, and this LibriVox recording has attempted to make these lacunae obvious without being intrusive. The Acts of Andrew, in particular, is fragmentary. Also included in this recording are Bernhard Pick’s introductions to each Acts, which reflect the state of scholarly opinion at the time of publication. (Summary by JoeD)

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Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas

Chapters

Section 00 – Preface

Section 01 – General Introduction to Apocryphal Acts

Section 02 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul

Section 03 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul and Thecla

Section 04 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 1 - 21

Section 05 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 22 - 43

Section 06 – Longer Endings to the Acts of Paul and Thecla

Section 07 – Introduction to Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians

Section 08 – Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians

Section 09 – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul

Section 10 – Introduction to the Acts of Peter

Section 11 – The Acts of Peter - The Deed of Peter

Section 12 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 1 – 6

Section 13 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 7 – 13

Section 14 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 14 – 20

Section 15 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 21 – 29

Section 16 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 30 – 32

Section 17 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 33 – 35

Section 18 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 36 – 41

Section 19 – Introduction to the Acts of John

Section 20 – Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian – chapters 1 – 17

Section 21 - The Acts of John – Arrival at Ephesus and Work There – chapters 18 – 25

Section 22 - The Acts of John – The Picture of John - Healing of the Old Women – chapters 26 – 36

Section 23 - The Acts of John – Destruction of the Artemis Temple – The Raising of the Priest – chapters 37 – 47

Section 24 - The Acts of John – The Parricide – John and the Partridge - Return to Ephesus and Second Abode There – From Laodicea a Second Time to Ephesus – The Parricide – chapters 48 – 61

Section 25 - The Acts of John –End and Raising of Drusiana– chapters 62 – 86

Section 26 - The Acts of John –– Pertaining to the Life of Jesus and His Death – chapters 87 – 105

Section 27 - The Acts of John –– The End of John – chapters 106 – 115

Section 28 – The Acts of John – Appendix – John and the Robber

Section 29 – Introduction to the Acts of Andrew

Section 30 – Acts of Andrew – The Double Fragment by Euodius – Andrew in Prison

Section 31 – Acts of Andrew – The Death of Andrew

Section 32 – Introduction to The Acts of Thomas

Section 33 – The Acts of Thomas – The Deeds of the Holy Apostle Thomas

Section 34 – The Acts of Thomas – Second Deed of the Apostle Thomas – His Appearance Before King Gundafor

Section 35 – The Acts of Thomas – Third Deed about the Dragon

Section 36 – The Acts of Thomas – Fourth Deed concerning the Colt

Section 37 – The Acts of Thomas – Fifth Deed about the Demon in the Woman

Section 38 – The Acts of Thomas – Sixth Deed concerning the Young Man who Killed the Maiden

Section 39 – The Acts of Thomas – Seventh Deed concerning the Commander

Section 40 – The Acts of Thomas – Eighth Deed about the Wild Asses

Section 41 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 82 – 95

Section 42– The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 96 - 107

Section 43 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 108 – 118

Section 44 – The Acts of Thomas – Tenth Deed how Mygdonia Receives Baptism

Section 45 – The Acts of Thomas – Eleventh Deed concerning the Wife of Misdai

Section 46 – The Acts of Thomas – Twelfth Deed concerning Vazan, Misdai’s Son

Section 47 – The Acts of Thomas – Thirteenth Deed how Vazan and the Others were Baptized

Section 48 – The Acts of Thomas – Martyrdom of the Holy and Famous Apostle Thomas