293 pages
English language
Published March 19, 1926 by Alpha House, Inc..
The lost books of the Bible
being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ. His apostles and their companions, not included, by its compilers, in the authorized New Testament: and, the recently discovered Syriac mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. Translated from the original tongues, illustrated from ancient paintings and missals.
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When the Bible was compiled in the end of the fourth century, certain texts written soon after Christ's Crucifixion, during the early spread of Christianity, were not among those chosen. They were suppressed by the Church, and for over 1500 years were shrouded in secrecy. The writings in this book are by and about many of the important figures in the New Testament.