Acts of the Apostles (genre)

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The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of Early Christian literature, claiming to recount the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus. This is considered important mainly because of the concept of apostolic succession.

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[edit] References

  • James M. Robinson The Nag Hammadi Library in English (HarperOne, 1990)
  • Bentley Layton The Gnostic Scriptures. (SCM Press 1987)
  • Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Christianities. (Oxford University press, 2003)

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