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1882
Volume 18, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1155-3316
  • E-ISSN: 2034-6468

Abstract

Abstract

Malgreè leur condamnation par les Peé res du concile de Niceè e (787), les Actes apocryphes des Apoê tres (AAA) continueé rent de cir- culer aé Byzance de fac° on aleè atoire. Deè pourvus d'enseignements sub- versifs, les chapitres relatant le sort ultime de chaque apoê tre prirent naturellement place dans les recueils de lectures utiliseè es pour commeè - morer le dies natalis du saint. Les rares recensions inteè grales qui nous sont parvenues en grec, les Actes apocryphes de Thomas et ceux d'Andreè et Matthias chez les Anthropophages, sont conserveè es dans des collections non meè nologiques aé usage priveè . C'est vraisemblable- ment dans un recueil analogue que Niceè tas le Paphlagonien mit la main, dans la premieé re moitieè du Xe s., sur une copie compleé te des Ac- tes de Paul, tandis qu'au sieé cle preè ceè dent, Photius avait encore eu le loisir de parcourir une compilation reè unissant les Actes apocryphes de Pierre, de Jean, d'Andreè , de Thomas et de Paul.

Abstract

Despite the condamnation of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (AAA) by the Fathers of the Council of Nicaea (787) the Acts contin- ued to circulate in a haphazard way. Since they do not contain any subversive doctrines, the chapters devoted to the ultimate fate of each apostle were naturally included in collections of readings used to commemorate the dies natalis of the saint. The rare complete ver- sions which have come down to us, the apocryphal Acts of Thomas and of Andrew and Matthew in the land of the Cannibals, are found in non-liturgical collections intended for private use. It was probably one such collection with a complete copy of the Acts of Paul which came into the hands of Nicetas the Paphlagonian in the first half of the tenth century, whereas a century early Photius had still been able to peruse a compilation which contained the apocryphal Acts of Peter, John, Andrew, Thomas and Paul.

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