Motif
Contested sacred narrative with continuing authority
contested_sacred_narrative_with_continuing_authority
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
christian apocrypha
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete CHAPTER IX. / CHAPTER X. / CHAPTER XI. / REFERENCES TO THE ACTS OF ST. PAUL AND THECLA.; lines 10373-10403 confidence: medium
Tertullian says the piece was forged by a Presbyter of Asia, who confessed that he did it "out of respect to Paul."
The passage juxtaposes claims of forgery and apocryphal status with continued crediting of much of the history and later claims of authenticity.
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