New Testament apocrypha

In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of works were excluded from the New Testament. These New Testament Apocrypha are generally not accepted by Christians, though the Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognizes Jubilees, Book of Enoch, the Shepherd of Hermas, 1 Clement, Acts of Paul, and some uniquely Ethiopian books.

Books which are not objectively known to have existed in antiquity, such as the Gospel of Barnabas or the Book of Mormon, are usually not considered part of the Apocrypha.

Non-canonical ancient books
Many of the books in this list are not preserved in their entirety, surviving only in fragments, short quotes, or not at all beyond mention of their title in preserved works.

Apocryphal Gospels
These books are generally considered to be of Gnostic origin.

Gospel of Thomas
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Truth
Gospel of Philip
Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Judas
The Infancy Gospel of Mark
The Arabic Infancy Gospel
Another group of “gospels” was considered heretical or fraudulent.

Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Matthias
Gospel of Paul

Quoted by orthodox authors
Many of the books noted below, while often quoted by orthodox authors and not considered particularly heretical in content, were nonetheless not considered canonical.

1 and 2 Clement
Shepherd (or Pastor) of Hermas
Didache
Book of Enoch (debatably Old Testament Apocrypha)
Epistle of Barnabas
Apocalypse of Peter
The Infancy Gospel of James
Third Epistle to the Corinthians

Other ancient books
Secret Gospel of Mark
Gospel of the Egyptians
Gospel of the Hebrews
Secret Book of James
Preaching of Peter
Gospel of the Ebionites
Gospel of the Nazoreans
The Egerton Gospel
Oxyrhynchus Gospels
Gospel of the Savior
Epistula Apostolorum
Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter and the Twelve
Book of Thomas the Contender
Pistis Sophia
Dialogue of the Savior
Acts of Thomas
Acts of Andrew
Acts of John
Acts of Pilate
Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul
Acts of Paul and Thecla
Acts of Peter and Paul
First Apocalypse of Paul
Second Apocalypse of Paul
Sermon of Paul
Book of spells of serpents
The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa (See Image of Edessa)
The Epistle to the Laodiceans (allegedly from Paul of Tarsus)
The Correspondence of St. Paul to Seneca the Younger

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