This text is notoriously difficult to date, but the reference to the Trinity probably places the document relatively late (perhaps fourth century at that point, but much earlier in many of the underlying oral traditions).
Acts of Andrew (Introduction)
| This book is the
longest of the non-canonical Acts. Its text is also the least
certain and among the least popular in the early church.
Nevertheless, this book is interesting on a number of counts.
Although it deals primarily with the apostle Andrew, the guest
appearances by Peter and Paul demonstrate their prominence even within
the circles which preserved this text. Like several of the other
apocryphal (non-canonical) Acts, this book reserves a prominent place
for female characters. Unlike many--but not all of the books--in
this genre, the Acts of Andrew has a lengthy martyrdom story about its
protagonist, Andrew. This text is notoriously difficult to date, but the reference to the Trinity probably places the document relatively late (perhaps fourth century at that point, but much earlier in many of the underlying oral traditions). |
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Picture by Gerard Horenbout (1490).
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