Listy apokryficzne (rozmowy zmartwychwstałego Jezusa z uczniami)

Abstract

The apocryphal letters of the New Testament are little known, the letters which concern the talks of the risen Jesus with his disciples. First, the paper presents the letter of Jacob, a gnostic work discovered in Hag Hammadi. The content of the letter is the mysterious knowledge conveyed to Jacob and Peter by the risen Lord. Further we find the Book of Thomas the Strong who was thought to be Jesus’ twin brother. Eventually, we have the Letter of the Apostle, also an apocrypha, which manifests the divinity of Jesus Christ and the real fact of His resurrection. The whole text consists of three parts: it characterizes faith, the circumstances preparing for revelation, and the very fact of revelation. We have yet other apocryphal letters, such as: the Letter to Laodiceans, the letter between Paul and Seneca, and the Letter of Titus. The ending says that the crucial point of the letters is to initiate the disciples into the "knowledge" hidden from others. The initiation was carried out by the risen Christ.