It is the earliest known manuscript of the so-called Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a non-canonical or apocryphal gospel — a text rejected by the Church and never included in the New Testament.

“Despite a limited number of dated manuscripts from this ... the Bible in the 2nd century AD. The New Testament was translated from Koine Greek in the early 5th century. It continues to be ...

But the ancient manuscript is all the more ... early examples of martyrdom for early Christians. 1 Peter, one of the many ...

The Book of Kells contains the four gospels of the New Testament — and scholars are now rethinking the manuscript’s origin.