Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles

        This document is the probably the latest of the major apocryphal Acts, dating from late third century.  The text likely is a compilation of several different traditions focusing on a number of different characters, including Jesus, a pearl merchant and Lithargoel.  The three figures eventually merge into a single figure.

        In this document, Christianity is equated with a life of poverty.  It is among the most ascetic of all early Christian documents.

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