Early Christian Writings (Including Gnostics & Apocrypha)
Early Christian Writings (Including Gnostics & Apocrypha)
Proceed with caution. While many Apocrypha were removed and censored by the deep church, many gnostic texts may well be false gospels.
Browse by range of dating or by category, New Testament — Apocrypha — Gnostics — Church Fathers — Other, or use the search box.
| 30-60 | Passion Narrative |
| 40-80 | Lost Sayings Gospel Q |
| 50-60 | 1 Thessalonians |
| 50-60 | Philippians |
| 50-60 | Galatians |
| 50-60 | 1 Corinthians |
| 50-60 | 2 Corinthians |
| 50-60 | Romans |
| 50-60 | Philemon |
| 50-80 | Colossians |
| 50-90 | Signs Gospel |
| 50-95 | Book of Hebrews |
| 50-120 | Didache |
| 50-140 | Gospel of Thomas |
| 50-140 | Oxyrhynchus 1224 Gospel |
| 50-150 | Apocalypse of Adam |
| 50-150 | Eugnostos the Blessed |
| 50-200 | Sophia of Jesus Christ |
| 65-80 | Gospel of Mark |
| 70-100 | Epistle of James |
| 70-120 | Egerton Gospel |
| 70-160 | Gospel of Peter |
| 70-160 | Secret Mark |
| 70-200 | Fayyum Fragment |
| 70-200 | Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs |
| 73-200 | Mara Bar Serapion |
| 80-100 | 2 Thessalonians |
| 80-100 | Ephesians |
| 80-100 | Gospel of Matthew |
| 80-110 | 1 Peter |
| 80-120 | Epistle of Barnabas |
| 80-130 | Gospel of Luke |
| 80-130 | Acts of the Apostles |
| 80-140 | 1 Clement |
| 80-150 | Gospel of the Egyptians |
| 80-150 | Gospel of the Hebrews |
| 80-250 | Christian Sibyllines |
| 90-95 | Revelation |
| 90-120 | Gospel of John |
| 90-120 | 1 John |
| 90-120 | 2 John |
| 90-120 | 3 John |
| 90-120 | Epistle of Jude |
| 93 | Flavius Josephus |
| 100-150 | 1 Timothy |
| 100-150 | 2 Timothy |
| 100-150 | Titus |
| 100-150 | Apocalypse of Peter |
| 100-150 | Secret Book of James |
| 100-150 | Preaching of Peter |
| 100-160 | Gospel of the Ebionites |
| 100-160 | Gospel of the Nazoreans |
| 100-160 | Shepherd of Hermas |
| 100-160 | 2 Peter |
| 100-200 | Odes of Solomon |
| 100-200 | Gospel of Eve |
| 100-230 | Thunder, Perfect Mind |
| 101-220 | Book of Elchasai |
| 105-115 | Ignatius of Antioch |
| 110-140 | Polycarp to the Philippians |
| 110-140 | Papias |
| 110-160 | Oxyrhynchus 840 Gospel |
| 110-160 | Traditions of Matthias |
| 111-112 | Pliny the Younger |
| 115 | Suetonius |
| 115 | Tacitus |
| 120-130 | Quadratus of Athens |
| 120-130 | Apology of Aristides |
| 120-140 | Basilides |
| 120-140 | Naassene Fragment |
| 120-160 | Valentinus |
| 120-180 | Apocryphon of John |
| 120-180 | Gospel of Mary |
| 120-180 | Dialogue of the Savior |
| 120-180 | Gospel of the Savior |
| 120-180 | 2nd Apocalypse of James |
| 120-180 | Trimorphic Protennoia |
| 120-180 | Gospel of Perfection |
| 120-200 | Genna Marias |
| 130-140 | Marcion |
| 130-150 | Aristo of Pella |
| 130-160 | Epiphanes On Righteousness |
| 130-160 | Ophite Diagrams |
| 130-160 | 2 Clement |
| 130-170 | Gospel of Judas |
| 130-200 | Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus |
| 140-150 | Epistula Apostolorum |
| 140-160 | Ptolemy |
| 140-160 | Isidore |
| 140-170 | Fronto |
| 140-170 | Infancy Gospel of James |
| 140-170 | Infancy Gospel of Thomas |
| 140-180 | Gospel of Truth |
| 150-160 | Martyrdom of Polycarp |
| 150-160 | Justin Martyr |
| 150-180 | Excerpts of Theodotus |
| 150-180 | Heracleon |
| 150-200 | Ascension of Isaiah |
| 150-200 | Interpretation of Knowledge |
| 150-200 | Testimony of Truth |
| 150-200 | Acts of Peter |
| 150-200 | Acts of John |
| 150-200 | Acts of Paul |
| 150-200 | Acts of Andrew |
| 150-225 | Acts of Peter and the Twelve |
| 150-225 | Book of Thomas the Contender |
| 150-250 | Paraphrase of Shem |
| 150-250 | Fifth and Sixth Books of Esra |
| 150-300 | Authoritative Teaching |
| 150-300 | Coptic Apocalypse of Paul |
| 150-300 | Prayer of the Apostle Paul |
| 150-300 | Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth |
| 150-300 | Melchizedek |
| 150-350 | Preaching of Paul |
| 150-350 | Epistle to the Laodiceans |
| 150-350 | Questions of Mary |
| 150-350 | Allogenes, the Stranger |
| 150-350 | Hypsiphrone |
| 150-350 | Valentinian Exposition |
| 150-350 | Act of Peter |
| 150-360 | Concept of Our Great Power |
| 150-400 | Acts of Pilate |
| 150-400 | Anti-Marcionite Prologues |
| 150-400 | Dialogue Between John and Jesus |
| 160-170 | Tatian’s Address to the Greeks |
| 160-180 | Claudius Apollinaris |
| 160-180 | Apelles |
| 160-180 | Julius Cassianus |
| 160-250 | Octavius of Minucius Felix |
| 161-180 | Acts of Carpus |
| 165-175 | Melito of Sardis |
| 165-175 | Hegesippus |
| 165-175 | Dionysius of Corinth |
| 165-175 | Lucian of Samosata |
| 167 | Marcus Aurelius |
| 170-175 | Diatessaron |
| 170-200 | Dura-Europos Gospel Harmony |
| 170-200 | Muratorian Canon |
| 170-200 | Treatise on the Resurrection |
| 170-220 | Letter of Peter to Philip |
| 170-230 | Thought of Norea |
| 175-180 | Athenagoras of Athens |
| 175-185 | Irenaeus of Lyons |
| 175-185 | Rhodon |
| 175-185 | Theophilus of Caesarea |
| 175-190 | Galen |
| 178 | Celsus |
| 178 | Letter from Vienna and Lyons |
| 180 | Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs |
| 180-185 | Theophilus of Antioch |
| 180-185 | Acts of Apollonius |
| 180-220 | Bardesanes |
| 180-220 | Kerygmata Petrou |
| 180-230 | Hippolytus of Rome |
| 180-230 | Sentences of Sextus |
| 180-250 | 1st Apocalypse of James |
| 180-250 | Gospel of Philip |
| 182-202 | Clement of Alexandria |
| 185-195 | Maximus of Jerusalem |
| 185-195 | Polycrates of Ephesus |
| 188-217 | Talmud |
| 189-199 | Victor I |
| 190-210 | Pantaenus |
| 190-230 | Second Discourse of Great Seth |
| 193 | Anonymous Anti-Montanist |
| 193-216 | Inscription of Abercius |
| 197-220 | Tertullian |
| 200-210 | Serapion of Antioch |
| 200-210 | Apollonius |
| 200-220 | Caius |
| 200-220 | Philostratus |
| 200-225 | Acts of Thomas |
| 200-230 | Ammonius of Alexandria |
| 200-230 | Zostrianos |
| 200-230 | Three Steles of Seth |
| 200-230 | Exegesis on the Soul |
| 200-250 | Didascalia |
| 200-250 | Books of Jeu |
| 200-300 | Pistis Sophia |
| 200-300 | Tripartite Tractate |
| 200-300 | Hypostasis of the Archons |
| 200-300 | Prayer of Thanksgiving |
| 200-300 | Coptic Apocalypse of Peter |
| 200-330 | Apostolic Church Order |
| 200-350 | Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit |
| 200-450 | Monarchian Prologues |
| 203 | Acts of Perpetua and Felicitas |
| 203-250 | Origen |
| 210-245 | Lucian of Antioch |
| 217-222 | Callistus |
| 230-265 | Dionysius of Alexandria |
| 230-268 | Firmilian of Caesarea |
| 240-260 | Commodian |
| 246-258 | Cyprian |
| 250-274 | Gospel of Mani |
| 250-300 | Teachings of Silvanus |
| 250-300 | Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse |
| 250-350 | Coptic Apocalypse of Elijah |
| 250-400 | Apocalypse of Paul |
| 251-253 | Pope Cornelius |
| 251-258 | Novatian |
| 254-257 | Pope Stephen |
| 259-268 | Dionysius of Rome |
| 260-280 | Theognostus |
| 265-282 | Gregory Thaumaturgus |
| 269-274 | Pope Felix |
| 270-310 | Victorinus of Pettau |
| 270-312 | Methodius |
| 270-330 | Marsanes |
| 270-330 | On the Origin of the World |
| 270-350 | De Recta in Deum Fide |
| 280-300 | Hesychius |
| 280-310 | Pierius |
| 280-310 | Pamphilus of Caesarea |
| 297-310 | Arnobius of Sicca |
| 300-311 | Peter of Alexandria |
| 300-320 | Pseudo-Clementine Homilies |
| 300-340 | Eusebius of Caesarea |
| 300-350 | Manichean Acts of Leucius Charinus |
| 300-390 | Letters of Paul and Seneca |
| 300-400 | Apocalypse of Thomas |
| 300-400 | Freer Logion |
| 300-600 | Gospel of Gamaliel |
| 303-316 | Lactantius |
| 310-334 | Reticius of Autun |
| 320-380 | Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions |