Acts of Paul and Thecla

The Acts of Paul and Thecla (Acta Pauli et Theclae) is an apocryphal story of St Paul's influence on a young virgin named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament Apocrypha.

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Apocryphal - Paul - New Testament Apocrypha

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It was probably written in the second century. The discovery of a Coptic text of the Acts of Paul containing the Thecla narrative suggests that it may have been part of that larger work. If so, it is attested as early as Tertullian (Bapt. 17:5), who states that the Acts were written in honor of St Paul, by a presbyter of Asia, whose fraud was identified, and he was degraded from his office, at a date about AD 160. Many surviving versions of the Acts of Paul and Thecla in Greek, and some in Coptic, as well as references to the work among Church fathers show that it was widely disseminated.

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Second century - Coptic - Acts of Paul - Tertullian - Greek - Coptic - Church fathers

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