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Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas

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)

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Literary Collections , Christianity - Other

Running Time: 13 hours 00 minute 18 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Section 00 – Preface JoeD	4:23
2	Section 01 – General Introduction to Apocryphal Acts JoeD	16:37
3	Section 02 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul JoeD	21:33
4	Section 03 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul and Thecla JoeD	11:42
5	Section 04 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 1 - 21 JoeD	17:20
6	Section 05 – Acts of Paul and Thecla, chapters 22 - 43 JoeD	19:22
7	Section 06 – Longer Endings to the Acts of Paul and Thecla JoeD	9:21
8	Section 07 – Introduction to Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians JoeD	6:17
9	Section 08 – Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians JoeD	9:05
10	Section 09 – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul JoeD	13:51
11	Section 10 – Introduction to the Acts of Peter JoeD	5:17
12	Section 11 – The Acts of Peter - The Deed of Peter JoeD	8:49
13	Section 12 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 1 – 6 JoeD	24:34
14	Section 13 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 7 – 13 JoeD	25:12
15	Section 14 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 14 – 20 JoeD	23:15
16	Section 15 – The Acts of Peter - Peter’s Affair with Simon – chapters 21 – 29 JoeD	32:03
17	Section 16 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 30 – 32 JoeD	8:18
18	Section 17 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 33 – 35 JoeD	4:55
19	Section 18 – The Acts of Peter – Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter – chapters 36 – 41 JoeD	12:43
20	Section 19 – Introduction to the Acts of John JoeD	7:19
21	Section 20 – Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian – chapters 1 – 17 JoeD	19:06
22	Section 21 - The Acts of John – Arrival at Ephesus and Work There – chapters 18 – 25 JoeD	13:38
23	Section 22 - The Acts of John – The Picture of John - Healing of the Old Women – chapters 26 – 36 JoeD	13:12
24	Section 23 - The Acts of John – Destruction of the Artemis Temple – The Raising of the Priest – chapters 37 – 47 JoeD	12:06
25	Section 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 – 61 JoeD	15:15
26	Section 25 - The Acts of John –End and Raising of Drusiana– chapters 62 – 86 JoeD	30:53
27	Section 26 - The Acts of John –– Pertaining to the Life of Jesus and His Death – chapters 87 – 105 JoeD	26:10
28	Section 27 - The Acts of John –– The End of John – chapters 106 – 115 JoeD	15:36
29	Section 28 – The Acts of John – Appendix – John and the Robber JoeD	7:52
30	Section 29 – Introduction to the Acts of Andrew JoeD	3:00
31	Section 30 – Acts of Andrew – The Double Fragment by Euodius – Andrew in Prison JoeD	28:41
32	Section 31 – Acts of Andrew – The Death of Andrew JoeD	15:00
33	Section 32 – Introduction to The Acts of Thomas JoeD	8:04
34	Section 33 – The Acts of Thomas – The Deeds of the Holy Apostle Thomas JoeD	27:36
35	Section 34 – The Acts of Thomas – Second Deed of the Apostle Thomas – His Appearance Before King Gundafor JoeD	25:50
36	Section 35 – The Acts of Thomas – Third Deed about the Dragon JoeD	19:41
37	Section 36 – The Acts of Thomas – Fourth Deed concerning the Colt JoeD	6:00
38	Section 37 – The Acts of Thomas – Fifth Deed about the Demon in the Woman JoeD	14:41
39	Section 38 – The Acts of Thomas – Sixth Deed concerning the Young Man who Killed the Maiden JoeD	20:41
40	Section 39 – The Acts of Thomas – Seventh Deed concerning the Commander JoeD	9:57
41	Section 40 – The Acts of Thomas – Eighth Deed about the Wild Asses JoeD	21:12
42	Section 41 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 82 – 95 JoeD	20:22
43	Section 42– The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 96 - 107 JoeD	18:47
44	Section 43 – The Acts of Thomas – Ninth Deed about the Wife of Charis - Chapters 108 – 118 JoeD	19:11
45	Section 44 – The Acts of Thomas – Tenth Deed how Mygdonia Receives Baptism JoeD	23:19
46	Section 45 – The Acts of Thomas – Eleventh Deed concerning the Wife of Misdai JoeD	9:28
47	Section 46 – The Acts of Thomas – Twelfth Deed concerning Vazan, Misdai’s Son JoeD	20:48
48	Section 47 – The Acts of Thomas – Thirteenth Deed how Vazan and the Others were Baptized JoeD	16:21
49	Section 48 – The Acts of Thomas – Martyrdom of the Holy and Famous Apostle Thomas JoeD	15:55