Acts of the Apostles (genre)
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The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of Early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus. The Acts are important for many reasons, one of them being the concept of apostolic succession.[citation needed] They also provide insight into the valuation of "missionary activities among the exotic races," since some of them feature missionary work done among, for instance, the Cynocephaly.[1]
[edit] List of acts
The following list is not exhaustive.
- Acts of Andrew
- Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew Among the Parthians[2]
- Acts of the Apostles, Canonical
- Acts of Barnabas
- Acts of John
- The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles
- Acts of the Martyrs
- Acts of Paul
- Acts of Peter
- Acts of Peter and Paul
- Acts of Peter and the Twelve
- Acts of Philip
- Acts of Pilate
- Acts of Thecla
- Acts of Thomas
[edit] References
- ^ Friedman, John Block (2000). The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought. Syracuse: Syracuse UP. p. 59. ISBN 9780815628262.
- ^ Friedman, John Block (2000). The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought. Syracuse: Syracuse UP. p. 70. ISBN 9780815628262.
- Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Christianities. Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures. SCM Press, 1987.
- Hans-Josef Klauck, The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction. Baylor UP, 2008.
- James M. Robinson, The Nag Hammadi Library in English. HarperOne, 1990.
- E.A. Wallis-Budge, The Contendings of the Apostles. Oxford, 1935.
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