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In 1937, the first English translation of the Gospels of Peace appeared, following a 1928 translation of the ancient manuscript. The Gospels of Peace represent one ancient manuscript discovered in the Secret Archives of...

The Gospel of the Nazarenes or the Gospel of the Holy Twelve is considered to be the original Gospel or one of the first complete written manuscripts of the original word of Jesus. The term "Nazarene" is used by some to refer...

Uncovered in Nag Hammadi Egypt in 1945, the Gospel of Thomas has since gained credibility from scholars, who believe it to hold as much validity and importance as the four canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke,...

In considering the implications of the Jesus tomb discovery, many have turned to the Gospel of Mary as a source for alternative theories that have been gaining support from scholars for years. The tomb...

The Acts of Philip is one of several texts comprising the New Testament apocrypha and has been referred to by scholars studying Christian origins and those considering the implications of the Jesus tomb. The Acts...

The Apocryphal texts of the New Testament are writings that have not been included in the canonical Christian bible, but do contain information relating to Christian theology. Many of these apocryphal texts are Christian...

The New Testament is the second major division in the Bible. It's much shorter than the Old Testament and focuses on the time after the birth of Christ and the spread of Christianity. It consists of...

A theological problem that crops up in any academic discussion of Christology is how Jesus saw his role: did Jesus claim that he was the messiah? If Jesus did, indeed, make such a claim, at what...