Definition of Agrapha
The Agrapha must satisfy three conditions:
- They must be Sayings, not discourses
Works like the "Didascalia" and the "Pistis Sophia", that tell about Jesus, but do not quote him, are not considered.
- They must be Sayings of Jesus
Therefore Agrapha are not Sayings found in religious romances such as those found in apocryphal Gospels, the apocryphal Acts, or the Letter of Christ to Abgar, etc.
- They must not be in the canonical Gospels
So, mere additions to pre-existing Sayings are not Agrapha.
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