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Acts of John
Translated here from extant versions in Greek and Latin, the Acts of John is a collection of stories and ancient legends about the apostle by that name. The collection is pseudepigraphal and was likely composed in the 2nd century, and the first section, chapters 1–17, is missing. The content of 56–57 is unclear. It is generally divided into three sections (18–86, 87–105, and 106–115), with the final section relating John’s death. It is likely that some of these sections were independent works. It contains primordial hallmarks of both Docetism and Gnosticism.
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