About this episode

The episode discusses the nature of Christian apocrypha, exploring both heretical and non-heretical texts related to Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

False books, "apocrypha," were written by heretics who signed the names of apostles to give them credibility. But some apocrypha were not heretical. They contained stories about the youth of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. Is there anything wrong with reading those stories? "Galway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jeannie Constantinou

Topics covered

• Christian Apocrypha
• youth of Jesus
• Virgin Mary
• heretical texts
• religious literature

Keywords

• apocrypha
• Christianity
• heretics
• Jesus
• Virgin Mary
• religious texts
• ancient literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries

Books & works: Christian Apocrypha

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