The Gospel of Bartholomew is a missing text amongst the
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 cite ...
, mentioned in several early sources. It may be identical to either the
Questions of Bartholomew
The ''Questions of Bartholomew'' is not to be confused with the book called Resurrection of Jesus Christ, although either text may be the missing Gospel of Bartholomew (or neither may be), a lost work from the New Testament apocrypha.
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, the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ (by Bartholomew), or neither.
Early source references to the Gospel of Bartholomew
In the prologue to his commentary on Matthew,
Jerome
Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is co ...
mentions a "Gospel of Bartholomew" among several other apocryphal gospels.
The author of the ''
Decretum Gelasianum
The Gelasian Decree ( la, Decretum Gelasianum) is a Latin text traditionally thought to be a Decretal of the prolific Pope Gelasius I, bishop of Rome from 492–496. The work reached its final form in a five-chapter text written by an anonymous ...
'' includes "the Gospels in the name of Bartholomew" in a list of condemned or unacceptable scriptures.
["Decretum Gelasianum"; see http://www.tertullian.org/articles/burkitt_gelasianum.htm]
See also
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List of Gospels
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Questions of Bartholomew
The ''Questions of Bartholomew'' is not to be confused with the book called Resurrection of Jesus Christ, although either text may be the missing Gospel of Bartholomew (or neither may be), a lost work from the New Testament apocrypha.
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References
Bartholomew
Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو ...
New Testament apocrypha
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