New Testament Apocrypha - Lost Works

Lost Works

Several texts are mentioned in many ancient sources and would probably be considered part of the apocrypha, but no known text has survived:

  • Gospel of Eve (a quotation from this gospel is given by Epiphanius (Haer. xxvi. 2, 3). It is possible that this is the Gospel of Perfection he alludes to in xxvi. 2. The quotation shows that this gospel was the expression of complete pantheism)
  • Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms
  • Gospel of Matthias (probably different from the Gospel of Matthew)
  • Gospel of Perfection (used by the followers of Basilides and other Gnostics. See Epiphanius, Haer. xxvi. 2)
  • Gospel of the Seventy
  • Gospel of Thaddaeus (this may be a synonym for the Gospel of Judas, confusing Judas Iscariot for Judas Thaddaeus)
  • Gospel of the Twelve
  • Memoria Apostolorum

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