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     Nag Hammadi (Gnostics) Works  
     
 
  1. Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
  2. Allogenes
  3. Apocalypse of Adam
  4. (First) Apocalypse of James
  5. (Second) Apocalypse of James
  6. Apocalypse of Paul
  7. Apocalypse of Peter
  8. Apocryphon of James:
  9. Apocryphon of John
  10. Asclepius 21-29
  11. Authoritative Teaching
  12. Book of Thomas the Contender
  13. Concept of Our Great Power
  14. Dialogue of the Savior
  15. Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
  16. Eugnostos the Blessed
  17. Exegesis on the Soul
  1. Gospel of the Egyptians*
  2. Gospel of Philip
  3. Gospel of Thomas
  4. Gospel of Truth:
  5. Hypostasis of the Archons
  6. Hypsiphrone
  7. Interpretation of Knowledge
  8. Letter of Peter to Philip
  9. Marsanes
  10. Melchizedek
  11. On the Anointing
  12. On the Baptism A
  13. On the Baptism B
  14. On the Eucharist A
  15. On the Eucharist B
  16. On the Origin of the World
  17. Paraphrase of Shem**
  1. Plato, Republic 588A-589B
  2. Prayer of the Apostle Paul
  3. Prayer of Thanksgiving
  4. Second Treatise of the Great Seth
  5. Sentences of Sextus
  6. Sophia of Jesus Christ
  7. Teachings of Silvanus
  8. Testimony of Truth
  9. Thought of Norea
  10. Three Steles of Seth
  11. Thunder, Perfect Mind
  12. Treatise on the Resurrection
  13. Trimorphic Protennoia
  14. Tripartite Tractate
  15. A Valentinian Exposition
  16. Zostrianos
 
     
     
     Other Gnostic Works  
     
 

 Fake Gospels

  1.  Assumption of the virgin
  2. Birth of Mary
  3. Gospel of Barnabas (Arabic)
  4. Gospel of Bartholomew
  5. Gospel of Basilides
  6. Gospel of Ebionites
  7. Gospel of the Hebrews*
  8. Gospel of Marcion
  9. Gospel of Matthias
  10. Gospel of Nicodemus
  11. Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
  12. Gospel of Thomas (Infancy) **
  13. History of Joseph the carpenter
  14. Infancy Gospel (Arabic)
  15. Infancy Gospel (Armenian)
  16. Protevanglium of James
  17. Resurrection of Christ by Bartholomew

 Uncategorized:
  Life of Adam and Eve
  1st & 2nd book of Adam and Eve
  Letter of Aristas
  Ahikar
  Pslams of Solomon
  Odes of Solomon 

Fake Acts and Epistles
  1. Acts of Abodias
  2. Acts of Andrew
  3. Acts of Andrew (fragment)
  4. Acts of Andrew and Matthais
  5. Acts of Barnabas
  6. Acts of James, ascents
  7. Acts of James the great
  8. Acts of John
  9. Acts of John, by Prochorus
  10. Acts of Paul
  11. Acts of Peter
  12. Acts of Peter (Slavonic)
  13. Acts of Peter and Andrew
  14. Acts of Peter and Paul
  15. Acts of Philip
  16. Acts of Pilate
  17. Acts of Thaddeus
  18. Acts of Thomas
  19. Matthew, martyrdom of
  20. Paul and Seneca
  21. Paul and Thecla
  22. Peter, preaching of
  23. Peter, passion of
  24. Peter and Paul, passion of
  25.  Apoc. Epistle of Titus
Apocalypses and Miscellaneous
  1. Apocalypse of the Virgin
  2. Apocalypse of Paul
  3. Apocalypse of Ezra (Greek)
  4. Apocalypse of Adam (Gnostic)
  5. Apocalypse of Abraham
  6. Apocalypse of Daniel
  7. Elchasai, book of
  8. Naassene psalm
  1. Life of Adam and Eve
  2. 2nd and 3rd Enoch
  3. Secrets of Enoch
  4. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Baruch
  5. testament of Adam
  6. testament of Abraham
  7. testament of Isaac
  8. testament of Jacob
  9. testament of Solomon
  10. ladder of Jacob
  11. History of the Rechabites
  12. History of Joseph
  13. Ezekiel Apocryphon
  14. Treefold Fruits
  15. Good tidings of Seth
 
     
     
     Comments from the Church Fathers on these Fake Works  
     
 

 * Quoted by both Early Church Fathers and Heretics alike.
 ** Mentioned by the Fathers as official Gnostic literature and very wicked.

  • Origen (commentaries)
  • John 2.6 - Quotes the Gospel of the Hebrews, but admits some do not give it credence
  • John 2.25 - Mentioned the “prayer of Joseph” is included in the gospel of the Hebrews. (authenticity seems doubted)
  • Irenaeus
  • Against Heresies 1.20 - Stated that the infancy Gospel of Thomas was the work of Gnostics and is a very wicked story.
  • Against Heresies4:16 - Quotes the Gospel of the Egyptians.
  • Hippolytus 
  • Refutation of all Heresies 5.1 - The Gnostic Naasseni, use the Gospel According to Thomas. 
  • Refutation of all Heresies 5.17 - The "Paraphrase of Seth" is the official doctrine of the Gnostic sethites.
  • Refutation of all Heresies 5.19 - Justinus, another Gnostic, gets his teachings from the 
    allegorical interpretation of "Beruch" (may be another "Beruch")
  • Refutation of all Heresies 10.16 - Apelles devoting his attention to a book which he calls "Revelations" of a certain Philumene, whom he considers a prophetess.
     
  • Tertullian
  • On Baptism 17 - But if the writings which wrongly go under Paul's name, claim Thecla's example as a license for women's teaching and baptizing, let them know that, in Asia, the presbyter who composed that writing, as if he were augmenting Paul's fame from his own store, after being convicted, and confessing that he had done it from love of Paul, was removed from his office.
 
     
     
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