The Order Of All The Books : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 11 THE ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE WITH "Their proper Names and Number of Chapters". [Page numbers added.--JBH.] PAGE MARY hath Chapters 8 17 Protevangelion 16 24 I. Infancy 22 38 II. Infancy 4 60 Christ and Abgarus 22. 62...
The Gospel Of The Birth Of Mary : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 15 p. 16 THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN. FROM A GREEK DIPYTCHON OF THE THIRTEENTH OR FOURTEENTH CENTURY p. 17 THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE THE GOSPEL OF THE BIRTH OF MARY. [In the primitive ages there was a Gospel extant bearing this name, attributed to St...
The First Epistle Of Clement To The Corinthians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 112 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS. Clement was a disciple of Peter, and afterwards Bishop of Rome. Clemens Alexandrinus calls him an apostle. Jerome says he was an apostolical man, and Rufinus that he was almost an apostle. Eusebius...
The Epistles Of Paul The Apostle To Senec : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 95 THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO SENECA, WITH SENECA'S TO PAUL. [Several very learned writers have entertained a favourable opinion of these Epistles. They are undoubtedly of high antiquity. Salmeron cites them to prove that Seneca was one of Car's...
Title Page : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], 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;...
The Shepherd Of Hermas : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 197 THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS. [This book is thus entitled, because it was composed by Hermas, brother to Pius, bishop of Rome; and because the Angel, who bears the principal part in it, is represented in the form and habit of a shepherd. Irenus quotes it...
Preface : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 12 p. 13 THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE PRESENTING THE LABORS OF THE COUNCIL OF NICE TO CHRIST FOR HIS BLESSING. FROM AN EARLY GREEK MANUSCRIPT. PREFACE YOU will find between these covers all the ecclesiastical writings of early Christian authorities that are...
The Epistles Of Jesus Christ And Abgarus : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLES Of JESUS CHRIST And ABGARUS KING Of EDESSA. [The first writer who makes any mention of the Epistles that passed between Jesus Christ and Abgarus, is Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, in Palestine, who flourished in the early part of the fourth...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Trallians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE TRALLIANS. CHAP. I. 1" Acknowledges the coming of their bishop. "5" Commends them for their subjection to their bishop, priests, and deacons; and exhorts them to continue in it: "15" is afraid even of his over-great desire...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Magnesians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE MAGNESIANS. CHAP. I. 4" Mentions the arrival of Damon, their bishop, and others, "6" whom he exhorts them to reverence, notwithstanding he was a young man". IGNATIUS who is also called Theophorus; to the blessed 1 (church) 2...
The Acts Of Paul And Thecla : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA. [Tertullian says that this piece was forged by a Presbyter of Asia, who being convicted, "confessed that he did it out of respect of Paul," and Pope Gelasius, in his Decree against apocryphal books, inserted it among them...
Table Ii : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 291 TABLE II. A LIST of the Christian Authors of the first four Centuries, whose Writings contain Catalogues of the Books of the New Testament. Those which also have Catalogues of the Books of the Old Testament are marked thus *. The Names of the Writers...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Romans : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS. CHAP. I. "He testifies his desire to see, and his hopes of suffering for Christ, "5" which he earnestly entreats them not to prevent, "10" but to pray for him, that God would strengthen him to the combat". IGNATIUS, 8...
The Epistle Of Paul The Apostle To The Laodiceans : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 94 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE LAODICEANS. [This Epistle has been highly esteemed by several learned men of the church of Rome and others. The Quakers have printed a translation and plead for it, as the reader may see, by consulting Poole's...
Table I : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 287 TABLE I. "A LIST of all the Apocryphal Pieces not now extant, mentioned by Writers in the first four Centuries of Christ, with the several Works wherein they are cited or noticed". A 1. The Acts of Andrew. "Euseb. Hist. Eccl." l. 3 c. 25. "Philastr...
List Of Illustrations : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF NICE PRESENTING THEIR DECISION TO THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE: FOURTH CENTURY THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE PRESENTING THE LABORS OF THE COUNCIL OF NICE TO CHRIST FOR HIS BLESSING THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN ELIZABETH...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To Polycarp : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP. CHAP. I. "Blesses God for the firm establishment of Polycarp in the faith, and gives him particular directions for improving it". IGNATIUS, who is also called Theophorus, to Polycarp, bishop of the church 4 which is...
Letters Of Herod And Pilate : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], LETTERS OF HEROD AND PILATE. Connecting Roman History With The Death Of Christ At Jerusalem. [These letters occur in a Syriac MS., of the sixth or seventh century, in the British Museum. Dr. Tischendorf states in his Apocalypses Apocryph (Prolegg. p. 56)...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Smyrnaeans : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNANS. CHAP. I. 1" Declares his joy for their firmness in the Gospel. "4" Enlarges on the person of Christ, against such as pretend that Christ did not really suffer". IGNATIUS, who is also called Theophorus, to the church...
The Protevangelion : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE PROTEVANGELION; OR, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, AND THE PERPETUAL VIRGIN MARY, HIS MOTHER, BY JAMES THE LESSER, COUSIN AND BROTHER OF THE LORD JESUS, CHIEF APOSTLE AND FIRST BISHOP OF THE CHRISTIANS IN JERUSALEM. [This Gospel is...
The Second Epistle Of Clement To The Corinthians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS. [Archbishop Wake is the translator of this Second Epistle, which he says was not of so great reputation among the primitive Fathers as the first. He defends it notwithstanding; and in answer to those who...
The Gospel Of Nicodemus, Formerly Called : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], The GOSPEL Of NICODEMUS, Formerly Called The ACTS Of PONTIUS PILATE. [Although this Gospel is, by some among the learned, supposed to have been really written by Nicodemus, who became a disciple of Jesus Christ, and conversed with him; others conjecture...
The General Epistle Of Barnabas : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], (Left) CHRIST PRAYING THE GARDEN. (Right) PETER CUTTING OFF THE EAR OF MALCHUS, AND THE KISS OF JUDAS. FROM A GREEK MANUSCRIPT, OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY, IN THE LIBRARY OF THE VATICAN. p. 145 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS. [Barnabas was a compani...
The First Gospel Of The Infancy Of Jesus Christ : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 38 THE FIRST GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST. [Mr. Henry Sike, Professor of Oriental Languages at Cambridge, first translated and published this Gospel in 1697. It was received by the Gnostics, a sect of Christians in the second century...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Philadelphians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE PHILADELPHIANS. CHAP. I. "Commends their bishop whom they had sent unto him, "5" warns them against divisions and schism". IGNATIUS, who is also called Theophorus, to the church of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ...
The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Ephesians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 166 THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS. Of The Epistles Of Ignatius. [The Epistles of Ignatius are translated by Archbishop Wake from the text of Vossius. He says that there were considerable differences in the editions; the best for a long time...
The Third Book Of Hermas, Which Is Called : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE THIRD BOOK OF HERMAS, WHICH IS CALLED HIS SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDE I. "That seeing we have no abiding city in this world, we ought to look after that which is to come". AND he said unto me; 5 Ye know that ye who are the servants of the Lord, live here...
Thomas's Gospel Of The Infancy Of Jesus Christ : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 60 THOMAS'S GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST. [The original in Greek, from which this translation is made, will be found printed by Cotelerius, in his notes on the constitutions of the Apostles, from a MS. in the French King's Library, No. 2279--It...
The Lost Gospel According To Peter : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 282 THE LOST GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER [In the valley of the Upper Nile, on the right bank of the river, is the mysterious town of Akhmm. It was called Panopolis in ancient times when it was the capital of the district. The remnants of monasteries...
Introduction : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 7 INTRODUCTION TO THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE By DR. FRANK CRANE THE great things in this world are growths. This applies to books as well as to institutions. The Bible is a growth. Many people do not understand that it is not a book written by a single...
The Second Book Of Hermas, Called His Commands : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], p. 212 THE SECOND BOOK OF HERMAS, CALLED HIS COMMANDS. "Introduction". WHEN I had prayed at home, and was sat down upon the bed, a certain man came in to me with a reverend look, in the habit of a shepherd, clothed with a white cloak, having his bag up...
The Epistle Of Polycarp To The Philippians : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP TO THE PHILIPPIANS. [The genuineness of this Epistle is controverted, but implicitly believed by Archbishop Wake, whose translation is below. There is also a translation by Dr. Cave, attached to his life of Polycarp.] CHAP. I...
The Apostles' Creed : * "The Lost Books of the Bible", [1926], THE APOSTLES' CREED. [It is affirmed by Ambrose "that the twelve Apostles, as skilful artificers assembled together, and made a key by their common advice, that is, the Creed; by which the darkness of the devil is disclosed, that the light of Christ may...
