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To: Uncle Chip; Aliska
if Jerome included this apocryphal work in his Latin Vulgate?.

No, I don't think so. It is not canonical, and I refer to it as a historical evidence that lacks verification.

Wasn't this well known even by Jerome to be a heretical work of Gnostic fiction?

It is not listed as such in the New Advent library, where works of Gnostic origin are labeled as such: Fathers In the article (3) APOCRYPHAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES another book is mentioned as bearing gnostic elements:

Acts of St. Peter

There exist a Greek and a Latin Martyrdom of Peter, the latter attributed to Pope Linus, which from patristic citations are recognized as the conclusion of an ancient Greek narrative entitled "Acts, or Circuits of St. Peter". Another manuscript, bearing the name "Actus Petri cum Simone", contains a superior translation with several passages from the original narrative preceding the Martyrdom. The work betrays certain tokens of Gnosticism, although it has been purged of its grossest features by a Catholic reviser. It describes the triumph of St. Peter over Simon Magus at Rome, and the Apostle's subsequent crucifixion. These Acts as we have them are of high antiquity, though it is impossible to always discern whether patristic writers are quoting from them or an earlier tradition. Undoubtedly Commodian (c. 250) employed our extant Acts of Peter.

Possibly, what I referenced to Aliska is that "revised" version, or else it is a different book entirely.

191 posted on 10/29/2006 4:01:25 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex

Have you ever read these apocryphal books personally or are you just taking someone else's word for them? My under standing is that what they claim in there could hardly be relied upon by a historian as trustworthy. And that's why they were set aside. While Jerome included the questionable Apocryphal OT books in his bible, he must have known better than to include these. But I will look further into them --- Thank You for the information.


193 posted on 10/29/2006 4:17:01 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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