Pseudo-Melitus (late 5th Century), or the
Passion of John, "
Passio Iohannis apostoli", is a Christian text belonging to the later
New Testament Apocrypha
The New Testament apocrypha (singular apocryphon) are a number of writings by early Christians that give accounts of Jesus and his teachings, the nature of God, or the teachings of his apostles and of their lives. Some of these writings were cit ...
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[John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend R. Alan Culpepper - 2000- Page 202 "The Passion of John, wrongly attributed to Bishop Melitus of Laodicea and thus known as Pseudo-Melitus, and the Virtutes Johannis, otherwise known as Pseudo-Abdias, represent two parallel compilations of accounts of John's marvelous works.45 Both depend on an earlier Greek text which contained accounts drawn from the Acts of John.46 The text of Pseudo-Melitus dates from Ephesus or its environs, late in the fifth century..."]
References
Christian manuscripts
New Testament apocrypha
5th-century Christian texts
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