The Traditions of Matthias
Home > Apocrypha > The Traditions of Matthias The Traditions of Matthias At a Glance Treatise Genre: (2/5) ** Reliability of Dating: (2/5) ** Length of Text: Greek Original Language: Ancient Translations: Modern Translations: English Estimated Range of Dating: 110-160 A.D. Chronological List of Early Christian Writings Discuss this text on the Early Writings forum. Text English Translation from Andrew Bernhard Offsite Links Glenn Davis: Gospel of Matthias Glenn Davis: Traditions of Matthias The Gospel of Matthias Recommended Books for the Study of Early Christian Writings Information on the Traditions of Matthias The Traditions of Matthias, also known as the Gospel of Matthias, is known only from a few quotations provided by Clement of Alexandria.
Jon B. Daniels writes (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 4, p. 644): The extent and genre of the Traditions of Matthias is uncertain. Clement's citations from it are brief hortatory sentences (Strom. 2.9.45; 3.4.26; 7.13.82). But if Strom. 4.6.35 is derived from the same source, then the work may also have contained some narrative material about Jesus. The quotations are not overtly gnostic, but according to Clement (Strom. 7.17.108) teachings of Matthias were used by Basilideans and perhaps other gnostic groups. According to Hippolytus (Haer. 7.20.1) Basilides and his son Isidore claimed to have learned from Matthias 'secret words,' which he had received in private teaching from the Savior.
Daniels also writes (op. cit., p. 644): Traditions of Matthias probably was composed in Egypt in the first half of the 2d century. It sometimes has been identified with a work called the Gospel of Matthias, but there is too little evidence to decide this question definitively (NTApocr 1:312). The earliest author to mention a Gospel of Matthias is Origen (hom. I. in Lc.), whose information is repeated by Ambrose and Jerome. Eusebius (Hist. Eccl. 3.25.6) mentions it together with gospels of Thomas and Peter. He describes them as works which were composed by heretics, but which nonethless were known to most writers in the early Church. The Gospel of Matthias is also named in lists of heretical works: the Decretum Gelasianum, the Catalogue of the Sixty Canonical Books, and a list in the Samaritan Chronicle No.
II of false books allegedly used by Nazarene Christians. Some Contemporary Texts Ignatius of Antioch (105-115 A.D.) Polycarp to the Philippians (110-140 A.D.) Papias (110-140 A.D.) Oxyrhynchus 840 Gospel (110-160 A.D.) Traditions of Matthias (110-160 A.D.) Pliny the Younger (111-112 A.D.) Suetonius (115 A.D.) Tacitus (115 A.D.) Quadratus of Athens (120-130 A.D.) Go to the Chronological List of all Early Christian Writings Please buy the CD to support the site, view it without ads, and get bonus stuff! Early Christian Writings is copyright © Peter Kirby <E-Mail&gt. Follow @mrpeterkirby MLA Style Kirby, Peter. "The Traditions of Matthias." Early Christian Writings. <http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/traditionsmatthias.html>.
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