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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

301–400

The Fourth Century

1 work

c. 350–400; earlier traditions behind it

Greek

The Gospel of Nicodemus

The Acts of Pilate

Anonymous

A trial record and its sequel. In the first part the standards bow of their own accord as Jesus is brought in, and witnesses the gospels only name — Nicodemus, the bleeding woman, the man born blind — come forward to testify. In the second, two sons of Simeon rise from the dead to describe what happened below: Hades and Satan quarrelling as a voice orders the everlasting gates lifted up, and Adam led out by the hand.

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