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Epistle of the Apostles

LC control no.n 80017839
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Uniform title headingEpistle of the Apostles
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Variant(s)Bible. N.T. Apocryphal books. Epistola Apostolorum
Epistula Apostolorum
Epistola Apostolorum
Book of revelation of Jesus Christ to His disciples
Form of workApocryphal books (New Testament)
Beginning date01
Found inEpistula Apostolorum, 1925: title page (Epistula Apostolorum; nach dem äthiopischen und koptischen Texte herausgegeben von Hugo Duensing)
English Wikipedia, viewed September 2, 2022 (Epistula Apostolorum; The Epistle of the Apostles; Latin: Epistula Apostolorum; a work of New Testament apocrypha. Despite its name, it is more a gospel or an apocalypse than an epistle. The work takes the form of an open letter purportedly from the remaining eleven apostles describing key events of the life of Jesus, followed by a dialogue between the resurrected Jesus and the apostles where Jesus reveals apocalyptic secrets of reality and the future; it is 51 chapters long; it was likely written in the 2nd century CE in Koine Greek; it is known only through Coptic and Ethiopic translations)
The Epistle of the Apostles, 2009: title page (The Epistle of the Apostles) page 16 (in the Ethiopic manuscripts, The Epistle is preceded by a separate short apocalypse commonly referred to the Testament of Our Lord and Savior in Galilee, which is very similar to a text found at the beginning of the much larger church order Testamentum Domini, usually dated to the early 5th century) page 21 (The Book of revelation of Jesus Christ to His disciples)