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BY IRENEUS.

The Gospel written by Judas Iscariot. Advers. Hæres. lib.

1. c. 35.

The Gospel of Truth, made use of by the Valentinians. Id. lib. 3. c. 11.

By HERACLEON.

The Preaching of Peter. Apud Origen. lib. 14. Comment. in Joan. iv. 22.

By SERAPION, bishop of Antioch.

The Gospel of Peter. Lib. de Evang. Pet. apud Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 1. 6. c. 12.

Dr. Cave saith, Serapion has cited the Acts of Peter; but I believe he is mistaken in this matter, there being nothing of it in Eusebius.

By APOLLONIUS.

A Catholic Epistle of Themison the Montanist, forged in imitation of the Apostles. Lib. cont. Cataphryg. apud Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 1. 5. c. 18.

BY CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS.

The Gospel according to the Hebrews. Stromat. 1. 2. p. 380. The Gospel according to the Egyptians. Lib. 3. p. 452, 465. See also p. 445.

The Traditions of Matthias. Lib. 2. p. 380. lib. 7. p. 748. See also lib. 3. p. 436.

The Preaching of Peter, or, according to some, of Paul and Peter, as one book. Lib. 1. p. 357. 1. 2. p. 390. 1.6: p. 635, 636, et 678.

The Revelation of Peter. Lib. Hypotypos. apud Euseb. Hist. Eccl. lib. 6. c. 14.

By THEODOTUS BYZANTIUS.

The Preaching of Peter. Excerpt. seu Eclog. p. 809. printed after the end of Clemens Alexandrinus's Works.

The Revelation of Peter. Ibid. p. 806, 807.

By TERTULLIAN.

The Acts of Paul and Thecla. Lib. de Baptism. c. 17. About twenty-three years since, our learned countryman, Dr. Mills, caused the Martyrdom of Thecla to be copied out of the Greek manuscript in the Bodleian Library, and presented it to Dr. Grabe, who has since published it in his Spicileg. Patr.

a Histor. Liter. in Petrus, p. 5.

Secul. I. and endeavours to prove it to be the same with this book mentioned by Tertullian. How right his conjecture is, will appear when we come to examine the book itself.

The Gospel of Valentinus. Lib. de Præscript. adv. Hæretic. c. 49.

The Gospel of Marcion. Lib. 4. adv. Marcion. c. 2, 4, et 6. The Gospel of Peter. Ibid. c. 5.

By CAIUS, a presbyter of Rome.

The Revelation of Cerinthus, pretending to be apostolical. Lib. Disput. apud Euseb. Hist. Eccl. l. 3. c. 28.

1.

In the THIRD CENTURY, the following apocryphal books are mentioned.

By ORIGEN.

The Gospel according to the Egyptians. Homil. in Luc. i. 1.
The Gospel according to the twelve Apostles. Ibid.

The Gospel of Basilides. Ibid.
The Gospel of Thomas. Ibid.

The Gospel of Matthias. Ibid.,

The Gospel of Peter. Comment. in Matth. xiii. 55, 56. Tom. p. 223.

The Book of James. Ibid.

The Doctrine of Peter. Proam. in Libr. de Princip.

The Gospel according to the Hebrews. Tract. 8. in Matth. xix. 19.

The same. Tom. 2. in Joan. p. 58.

The Acts of Paul. De Princip. l. 1. c. 2.

The same. Tom. 2. in Joan. p. 298.

By CYPRIAN.

A spurious piece under the name of Paul, Epist. 27.
By an anonymous writer in Cyprian's time.

The Preaching of Paul. Tract. de non iterand. Baptism. p. 30. at the end of Cyprian's Works.

By LACTANTIUS.

The Preaching of Peter and Paul at Rome. De Verâ Sap. 1. 4. c. 21.

1 In the FOURTH CENTURY are mentioned the following books. By EUSEBIUS.

The Acts of Peter. Hist. Eccl. 1. 3. c. 3.

Porphyry, in his life of Plotinus, accuses the Christians with having forged

several books, under the title of Revelations, viz. of Zoroaster, Zostrians,

The Gospel of Peter. Hist. Eccl. 1. 3. c. 3.
The Preaching of Peter. Ibid.

The Revelation of Peter. Ibid.

The Acts of Paul. Ibid.

The same. Lib. 3.

c. 25.

The Gospel according to the Hebrews. Ibid.

The Revelation of Peter. Ibid.

The Gospel of Peter. Ibid.
The Gospel of Thomas. Ibid.

The Gospel of Matthias. Ibid.

The Acts of Andrew and John. Ibid.

The Gospel according to the Hebrews. C. 39.

The Gospel of Tatian. Lib. 4. c. 29.

The Book of the Helkesaites, which, they say, fell down from heaven. Lib. 6. c. 38.

By ATHANASIUS.

The Acts of Peter. Synops. S. Scriptur. §. 76.3

The Acts of John. Ibid.

The Acts of Thomas. Ibid.

The Gospel of Thomas. Ibid.

By CYRIL.

The Gospel of Thomas. Catech. IV. §. 36. and Catech. VI. §. 31.

The Gospel of Scythianus. Catech. VI. §. 22.

By AMBROSE.

The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles. Comment. in Luc. i. 1. The Gospel of Basilides. Ibid.

The Gospel of Thomas. Ibid.

The Gospel of Matthias. Ibid.

By the anonymous author of the works under the name of DIONYSIUS the AREOPAGITE.

The writings of Bartholomew the Apostle. Lib. de Theol. Mystic. c. 1.

By PHILASTRIUS. The Acts of Andrew. Hæres. 87. The Acts of John. Ibid.

Nicotheus, Allogenes, Mesus, and several others.

I confess, it has been much questioned, whether that book, under the name of Athanasius, be really his, or

not: but though I thought it necessary to mention this here, yet it is not very material to our design, whether it was written by him, or any other person in or near his time.

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The Gospel according to the Egyptians. Præf. in Comment. in Matth.

The Gospel of Thomas. Ibid.

The Gospel of Matthias. Ibid.

The Gospel of Bartholomew. Ibid.

The Gospel of the Twelve Apostles. Ibid.

The Gospel of Basilides. Ibid.

The Gospel of Apelles. Ibid.

The Gospel of Peter. Catal. Script. Eccles. in Petr.

The Acts of Peter. Ibid.

The Preaching of Peter. Ibid.

The Revelation of Peter.

The Book of Judgment by Peter. Ibid.

The Gospels published by Lucianus and Hesychius. Præfat. in Evang. ad Damas.

The Acts of the Apostles, by Leuthon, or Seleucus. Epist. ad Chromat. et Heliodor. inter Opp. Hieronymi.t

The Vision, or Acts of Paul and Thecla. Catal. Script. Eccles. in Luc.

The Gospel of Bartholomew. Ibid. in Pantan.

The Gospel according to the Hebrews, or Nazarenes. Ibid. in Matth. et Jacob. Adv. Pelag. 1. 3. c. 1. Comment. in Isai. xi. 2. et xl. 11. in Ezek. xviii. 7. in Mic. vii. 6. Several places in his Commentary on Matthew, viz. vi. 11. xii. 13. xxiii. 35. Vid. Grab. Spicileg. Patr. tom. 1. p. 30.

By EPIPHANIUS.

The Gospel of Perfection. Hæres. 26. Gnostic. §. 2.
The Gospel of Eve. Ibid.

The Gospel of Philip. Ibid. §. 13.

The Gospel of the Nazarenes. Hæres. 29. §. 9.

The Gospel of the Ebionites. Hæres. 30. §. 13.

The Acts of the Apostles, made use of by the Ebionites,

different from Luke's. Ibid. §. 16.

Some have imagined this epistle cit. 1. ad Apparat. Baron. Annal. N. not to be Jerome's. See Sixt. Senens.

Biblioth. Sanct. 1. 2. et Casaub. Exer

39. init.

Books forged by the Ebionites under the names of John, James, Matthew, and others of our Lord's disciples. Ibid. §. 23.

The Acts of Peter. Ibid. §. 15.

The Gospel of Jude. Hæres. 38. Caian. §. 1.

The Anabaticon, or Revelation of Paul. Ibid. §. 2.
The Gospel of Marcion. Hæres. 42. Proœm. Refut.
The Gospel of the Encratites. Hæres. 46. §. 1.

The Acts of Andrew, John, and Thomas. Hæres. 47. §. 1.
The Gospel of Cerinthus. Hæres. 51. §. 7.

u The Gospel of Merinthus. Ibid.

The Acts of Andrew and Thomas. Hæres. 61. §. 1.
The Gospel of the Egyptians. Hæres. 62. §. 2.

The Acts of Andrew. Hæres. 63. §. 2.

The Gospel of Scythianus. Hæres. 66. §. 2.

By AUSTIN.

Some books, which claimed our Saviour for their author, in form of an epistle to Peter and Paul. De Consens. Evang. 1. 1. c. 9, 10.

Some other books of our Saviour's. Ibid. c. 34.

An Epistle of Christ, produced by the Manichees. Cont. Faust. Manich. 1. 28. c. 4.

A Hymn of Christ's, which he taught his disciples, received by the Priscillianists, and other heretics, as genuine. Epist. ad Ceret. Episcop

Some books under the names of John and Andrew. Cont. Advers. Leg. et Prophet. 1. 1. c. 20.

The Acts of Lentius, under the names of the Apostles. Lib. de Fid. contr. Manich. c. 38.

The Acts of the Apostles, wrote by Lenticius y. De Act. cum Fælic. Manich. 1. 2. c. 6.

The Acts of Leontius 2, under the Apostles' names. Lib. de Fid. cont. Manich. c. 5.

The Acts of the Apostles, made use of by the Manichees. Lib. cont. Adimant. Manich. c. 17.

The Revelation of Paul. Tract. 98. in Joan. in fin.

u These two of Cerinthus and Merinthus, he supposes, St. Luke intended in the first verse of his Gospel, among other apocryphal ones, which

were at that time written.

x Al. Leucius.

y Al. Leucius et Levitius.
z Al. Leucius.

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