The Prayer of Manasseh O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and...
What is the Gospel of Mary Magdalene? The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (also known as the Gospel of Mary) is a Gnostic work written in the second century around 120-180 A.D.[fn]http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelmary.html gives this rough date. Darrell Bock, The...
There are a number of popular myths about these supposed "lost Gospels" that are not in the New Testament. The following is a response to these general misunderstandings. Myth #1: The Lost Gospels should be in the New Testament. Contrary to the claims of some, there...
What is the Gospel of Thomas? The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of 114 sayings of Jesus that was discovered in 1945 at the village of Nag Hammadi in Egypt. Before the Nag Hammadi discovery, very little was known about the Gospel of Thomas other than three small...
The following are some common questions that people often have about the Gospel of Thomas. I will add and expand on these questions as new ones come up in discussion. What is the Gospel of Thomas? The Gospel of Thomas is supposedly a collection of 114 sayings of...
The canon of the New Testament was reserved only for those writings that were either written by an apostle or an associate of an apostle. Since the Gospel of Peter was written in the mid-second century, it is not a candidate for inclusion in the New Testament. The...
Second Maccabees: A Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) Book Chapter 1 1. The Jewish brethren in Jerusalem and those in the land of Judea, To their Jewish brethren in Egypt, Greeting, and good peace. 2. May God do good to you, and may he remember his covenant with Abraham...
First Maccabees A Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) Book Chapter 1 1. After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of...
Prayer of Azariah: Additions to Daniel Book And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our...
Bel and the Dragon: Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) Book And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom. And Daniel conversed with the king and was honored above all his friends. Now the Babylons had an idol, called Bel, and...