Quae sint apocryphae.
Apocryphal Books Named After Apostles
Hugh lists apocryphal works attributed to apostles Peter, Andrew, Thomas, Thaddaeus, and Barnabas, including gospels and acts falsely bearing their names.
The Itinerary, named after Peter the apostle, attributed to Saint Clement — eight books, apocryphal. The Acts, named after Andrew the apostle, apocryphal. The Acts, named after Thomas, apocryphal. The Gospels of Thaddaeus, listed as apocryphal. The Gospels, named after Barnabas the apostle, apocryphal. The Gospels, named after Thomas the apostle, apocryphal. The Gospels, named after Andrew the apostle, apocryphal. The Gospels that Lucian falsified — apocryphal.
Other Apocryphal Narratives and Heretical Authors
Further apocryphal works are named, including infancy narratives, the Shepherd, and all books attributed to the heretic Leucius.
The gospels that Ytius falsified are apocryphal. The book On the Infancy of the Savior is apocryphal. The book On the Birth of the Savior and On Holy Mary, or On the Midwife of the Savior, is apocryphal. The book called The Shepherd is apocryphal. All the books that Leucius, a disciple of the devil, produced are apocryphal. The books called The Foundation are apocryphal. The book called The Treasure is apocryphal. The book that is On the Daughters of Adam, or Genesis, is apocryphal.
Apocryphal Acts, Revelations, and Pseudepigrapha
Hugh catalogs apocryphal acts, revelations, and other pseudepigraphal works, including the Centimetrum, the Acts of Thecla and Paul, and revelations of Paul, Thomas, and Stephen.
The Centimetrum, about Christ, pieced together in Vergilian verses, is apocryphal. The book called the Acts of Thecla and Paul is apocryphal. The book called Nepotis is apocryphal. The book of Proverbs written by heretics, and marked with the name of holy Sixtus, is apocryphal. The revelation called of Paul is apocryphal. The revelation called of Thomas the apostle is apocryphal. The revelation called of Stephen is apocryphal. The book called the Passing of holy Mary is apocryphal.
Apocryphal Penitences, Testaments, and Legendary Works
Apocryphal penitences, testaments, and legendary narratives are listed, including the Penitence of Adam, Testament of Job, and the Lot of the Apostles.
The book called the Penitence of Adam is apocryphal. The book bearing the name of Diogias the giant, which heretics say fought with the dragon after the flood, is apocryphal. The book called the Testament of Job is apocryphal. The book called the Penitence of Origen is apocryphal. The book called the Penitence of Cyprian is apocryphal. The book called Jambres and Mambres is apocryphal.✦ The book called the Lot of the Apostles is apocryphal. The book Lusan is apocryphal.
Apocryphal Works Falsely Attributed to Church Fathers
Hugh lists apocryphal works falsely bearing the names of revered fathers such as Ambrose, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria.
The book of the canons of the apostles is apocryphal. The book Physiologus, written by heretics and bearing the name of blessed Ambrose, is apocryphal. The history of Eusebius Pamphilus is apocryphal. The little works of Tertullian, or Africanus, are apocryphal. The little works of Posthumian and Gallus are apocryphal. The little works of Montanus, Priscilla, and Maximilla are apocryphal. All the little works of Faustus the Manichaean are apocryphal. The little works of another Clement of Alexandria are apocryphal.
Further Apocryphal Works and Hagiographic Forgeries
More apocryphal works are listed, including minor writings falsely attributed to Gallic fathers, the letter of Jesus to Abgar, and passions of saints.
The little works of Cassian, the priest of the Gauls, are apocryphal. The little works of Victorinus of Poitiers are apocryphal. The little works of Faustus of Riez of the Gauls are apocryphal. The little works of Frumentius are apocryphal. The letter of Jesus to Abgar is apocryphal. The passion of Cyricus and Julitta is apocryphal. The passion of George is apocryphal. The writings that are called the Contradiction of Solomon are apocryphal.
Amulets and the Great Catalogue of Heresies
Hugh condemns demonic amulets as apocryphal and concludes with a sweeping anathema against all heresies and their authors throughout the catholic church.
All amulets — which don't come from an angel, as they claim, but rather from a demon, and are fabricated — are apocryphal. These and things like them — which Simon Magus, Nicolaus, Cerinthus, Marcion, Basilides, Ebion, and also Paul of Samosata, Photinus, and Bonosus, who fell away through similar error, and Montanus too with his most obscene followers, Apollinaris, Valentinus or Mani, Faustus, Sabellius, Arius, Macedonius, Eunomius, Novatus, Sabatius, Calixtus, Donatus, and Eustachius, Nibianus, Pelagius, Julian, and Laciensis, Coelestinus, Maximianus, Priscillianus from Spain, Lampedius, Dioscorus, Euticius, Peter and another Peter — from whom one stained Alexandria and another stained Antioch — Achatius of Constantinople with his associates, and indeed all the heresies that they themselves and their disciples or schismatics taught or wrote, whose names we scarcely retain — we confess that they are not only rejected but also eliminated from every catholic and Roman church, and that, together with their authors and the followers of those authors, they are condemned under the indissoluble bond of anathema to eternal punishment.
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Itinerarium nomine Petri apostoli, quod appellatur sancti Clementis, libri viii apocryphum. actus nomine Andreae apostoli apocryphi. actus nomine Thomae apocryphi. evangelia Thaddei nomine apocrypha. evangelia nomine Barnabae apostoli apocrypha. evangelia nomine Thomae apostoli apocrypha. evangelia nomine Andreae apostoli apocrypha. evangelia quae falsavit Lucianus apocrypha.
evangelia quae falsavit Ytius apocrypha. liber De infantia Salvatoris apocryphus. liber De nativitate Salvatoris et de sancta Maria, vel De obstetrice Salvatoris apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Pastoris apocryphus. libri omnes quos fecit Leucius discipulus diaboli apocryphi. libri qui appellatur Fundamentum apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Thesaurus apocryphus. liber qui est De filiabus Adae vel Genesis apocryphus.
Centimetrum de Christo Vergilianis compaginatum versibus apocryphum. liber qui appellatur Actus Theclae et Pauli apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Nepotis apocryphus. liber Proverbiorum ab haereticis conscriptus, et sancti Sixti nomine signatus, apocryphus. revelatio quae appellatur Pauli apocrypha. revelatio quae appellatur Thomae apostoli apocrypha. revelatio quae appellatur Stephani apocrypha. liber qui appellatur Transitus sanctae Mariae apocryphus.
liber qui appellatur Poenitentia Adam apocryphus. liber Diogiae nomine gigantis, qui post diluvium cum dracone ab haereticis pugnasse perhibetur apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Testamentum Iob apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Poenitentia Origenis apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Poenitentia Cypriani apocryphus. liber qui appellantur Iamne et Mambre, apocryphus. liber qui appellatur Sors apostolorum apocryphus. liber Lusan apocryphus.
liber canonum apostolorum apocryphus. liber Physiologus ab haereticis conscriptus, et beati Ambrosii nomine praesignatus, apocryphus. historia Eusebii Pamphili apocrypha. opuscula Tertulliani sive Africani apocrypha. opuscula Posthumiani et Galli apocrypha. opuscula Montani et Priscillae et Maximillae apocrypha. omnia opuscula Fausti Manichaei apocrypha. opuscula alterius Clementis Alexandrini apocrypha.
opuscula Cassiani presbyteri Galliarum apocrypha. opuscula Victorini Pictaviensis apocrypha. opuscula Fausti Reginensis Galliarum apocrypha. opuscula Frumenti apocrypha. epistula Iesu ad Abgarum apocrypha. Passio Cyrici et Iulittae apocrypha. Passio Georgii apocrypha. Scripta quae appellantur Salomonis contradictio apocrypha.
philacteria omnia quae non ab angelo, ut illi confingunt, sed magis a daemone conscripta sunt apocrypha. haec et his similia quae Simon Magus, Nicolaus, Cherinthus, Marcion, Basilides, Ebion, Paulus etiam Samosatenus, Photinus et Bonosus, qui simili errore defecerunt, Montanus quoque cum suius obscenissimis sequacibus, Apollinaris, Valentinus sive Manichaeus, Faustus, Sabellius, Arius, Macedonius, Eunomius, Novatus, Sabatius, Calixtus, Donatus et Eustachius, Nibianus, Pelagius, Iulianus et Laciensis, Coelestinus, Maximianus, Priscillianus ab Hispania, Lampedius, Dioscorus, Euticius, Petrus et alius Petrus, e quibus unus Alexandriam, alius Antiocham maculavit, Achatius Constantinopolitanus cum consortibus suis, necnon et omnes haereses quas ipsi eorumque discipuli sive schismatici docuerunt vel scripserunt, quorum nomina minime retinemus, non solum repudiata, verum etiam ab omni catholica et romana ecclesia eliminata, atque cum suis auctoribus auctorumque sequacibus sub anathematis, indissolubili vinculo in aeternum confitemur esse damnata.
Scripture echoes
- ↩2Tim.3.8 — Now just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth—men corrupted in mind, disqualified regarding the faith.
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