Apocrypha · Early Christianity
What are the apocryphal gospels?
What the term actually means, why these texts are so different from one another, and how to approach them.
Read the guide →Veiled Codex Library
Guides to ancient and apocryphal texts.
Short, plain-English introductions to the ancient texts behind our books.
Text guide · Gospel of Thomas
What is the Gospel of Thomas?
A collection of sayings attributed to Jesus, found in the Nag Hammadi library, and what makes it so unusual.
Read the guide →Text guide · Gospel of Mary
What is the Gospel of Mary?
A gospel that survives only in pieces, built around Mary’s vision and an argument among the disciples.
Read the guide →Text guide · Gospel of Judas
What is the Gospel of Judas?
A damaged text from Codex Tchacos in which Judas receives secret teaching apart from the other disciples.
Read the guide →Text guide · Egerton fragments
What is the Egerton Gospel?
Also called the Unknown Gospel: a handful of scenes from a lost gospel, preserved in Egerton Papyrus 2.
Read the guide →Reader’s edition
Want the texts themselves?
The Hidden Gospels collects eleven of these early Christian writings in one hardback.