Early Christian literature associated with Pontius Pilate
A 9th or 10th-century manuscript of the Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate
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The Pilate cycle is a group of various pieces of early Christian literature that purport to either be written by Pontius Pilate, or else otherwise closely describe his activities and the Passion of Jesus. Unlike the four gospels, these later writings were not canonized in the New Testament, and hence relegated to a status of apocrypha. Some writings were quite obscure, with only a few ancient textual references known today; they merely survived through happenstance, and may not have been particularly widely read by early Christians in the Roman Empire and Christians in the Middle Ages. Others were more popular. The most notable example was the Gospel of Nicodemus (or "Acts of Pilate"), which proved quite popular and influential in medieval and Renaissance Christianity.
The group is collectively known as the Pilate cycle by some scholars; this is not a term used by early Christians, many of whom might have had access to only one or two of these accounts at most. It is rather an umbrella designation used much later to collect the writings attributed to Pilate. None of these documents are believed in the modern day to have been authentically written by Pilate or his contemporaries.
The Pilatecycle is a group of various pieces of early Christian literature that purport to either be written by Pontius Pilate, or else otherwise closely...
Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus; Greek: Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, romanized: Póntios Pilátos) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving...
The Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate (Latin: Acta Pilati; Greek: Πράξεις Πιλάτου, translit. Praxeis Pilatou), is an apocryphal gospel...
others consider Pilate a criminal who suffers a horrific fate. Works in the Pilatecycle include the Anaphora Pilati (Report of Pilate), the Letter of...
responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus to Herod Antipas rather than to Pontius Pilate. The Gospel of Peter explicitly claims to be the work of Saint Peter: And...
of Jesus: Gospel of Peter Gospel of Nicodemus (also called the "Acts of Pilate") Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, On the Life and the Passion of Christ Gospel...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
fragment endorses sexual asceticism as the means of breaking the lethal cycle of birth and of overcoming the alleged sinful differences between male and...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
his protection from it;: 45 the high priest, Herod Antipas, and Pontius Pilate discuss what to do about him.: 43 Jesus and his disciples hide in Nicodemus'...
him arrested and beaten. The text then has Stephen appear before Pontius Pilate, whom he tells to not speak, and orders him to recognize Jesus. The tale...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
Philip Pilate Thaddeus Thomas Timothy Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Misc. Other apocrypha Clementine literature Diatessaron Doctrine of Addai Pilate cycle...
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