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)
Section 00 – PrefaceSection 01 – General Introduction to Apocryphal ActsSection 02 – Introduction to the Acts of PaulSection 03 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul and TheclaSection 04 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 1 - 21Section 05 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 22 - 43Section 06 – Longer Endings to the Acts of Paul and TheclaSection 07 – Introduction to Paul’s Correspondence with the CorinthiansSection 08 – Paul’s Correspondence with the CorinthiansSection 09 – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle PaulSection 10 – Introduction to the Acts of PeterSection 11 – The Acts of Peter - The Deed of PeterSection 12 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 1 – 6Section 13 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 7 – 13Section 14 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 14 – 20Section 15 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 21 – 29Section 16 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 30 – 32Section 17 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 33 – 35Section 18 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 36 – 41Section 19 – Introduction to the Acts of JohnSection 20 – Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian – chapters 1 – 17Section 21 - The Acts of John – Arrival at Ephesus and Work There – chapters 18 – 25Section 22 - The Acts of John – The Picture of John - Healing of the Old Women – chapters 26 – 36Section 23 - The Acts of John – Destruction of the Artemis Temple – The Raising of the Priest – chapters 37 – 47Section 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 – 61Section 25 - The Acts of John –End and Raising of Drusiana– chapters 62 – 86Section 26 - The Acts of John –– Pertaining to the Life of Jesus and His Death – chapters 87 – 105Section 27 - The Acts of John –– The End of John – chapters 106 – 115Section 28 – The Acts of John – Appendix – John and the RobberSection 29 – Introduction to the Acts of AndrewSection 30 – Acts of Andrew – The Double Fragment by Euodius – Andrew in PrisonSection 31 – Acts of Andrew – The Death of AndrewSection 32 – Introduction to The Acts of ThomasSection 33 – The Acts of Thomas – The Deeds of the Holy Apostle ThomasSection 34 – The Acts of Thomas – Second Deed of the Apostle Thomas – His Appearance Before King GundaforSection 35 – The Acts of Thomas – Third Deed about the DragonSection 36 – The Acts of Thomas – Fourth Deed concerning the ColtSection 37 – The Acts of Thomas – Fifth Deed about the Demon in the WomanSection 38 – The Acts of Thomas – Sixth Deed concerning the Young Man who Killed the MaidenSection 39 – The Acts of Thomas – Seventh Deed concerning the CommanderSection 40 – The Acts of Thomas – Eighth Deed about the Wild AssesSection 41 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 82 – 95Section 42– The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 96 - 107Section 43 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 108 – 118Section 44 – The Acts of Thomas – Tenth Deed how Mygdonia Receives BaptismSection 45 – The Acts of Thomas – Eleventh Deed concerning the Wife of MisdaiSection 46 – The Acts of Thomas – Twelfth Deed concerning Vazan, Misdai’s SonSection 47 – The Acts of Thomas – Thirteenth Deed how Vazan and the Others were BaptizedSection 48 – The Acts of Thomas – Martyrdom of the Holy and Famous Apostle Thomas
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