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What if the apostles could ask the risen Jesus what happens to the body after death?
The Epistle of the Apostles presents itself as a letter from the eleven apostles to Christians everywhere. In this anonymous second-century text, they recount encounters with Jesus after his resurrection. Sarah, Martha and Mary Magdalene visit the tomb; the apostles struggle to believe, then face the teacher they fear is a ghost.
The dialogue turns from wounds they can touch to questions about heaven, flesh and the future. Jesus warns against Simon and Cerinthus, while the letter insists that Christ truly takes flesh, dies and rises bodily. Its teachings reveal how an early Christian writer defends the resurrection against rival views of Christ.
What you’ll discover
- A letter to everyone Follow an opening address that gathers churches east, west, north and south into its concern.
- Doubt meets physical wounds Encounter the scene where frightened apostles are invited to touch the risen Jesus.
- Descent through the heavens Explore the letter’s strange account of how the Word comes down to earth.
- The body’s promised future Consider its teaching that flesh rises with soul and spirit, rather than being left behind.
- Questions about the return Read the text’s account of a promised second coming and the signs that precede it.
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This is for readers drawn to the earliest centuries of Christianity, to Ethiopian Christian heritage, to lost writings, and to questions about resurrection and the end of the world.
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- A letter from the eleven opens with a creed
- Miracles become signs of the faith itself
- Doubting apostles are invited to touch the wounds
- Christ descends through the heavens in disguise
- He will return, and he is wholly in the Father
- The flesh will rise, and the apostles may keep asking
- Paul is foretold and the apostles become fathers
- Ten virgins, wise and foolish, and the warning at the end
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The Epistle of the Apostles
by Various early Christian authors · 150
Eleven apostles warn churches about two false teachers and share the words of the risen Jesus in a joint letter.
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What did the risen Jesus say to his friends in the forty days before he left them? One early Christian writer thought he knew, and set it down as a letter from the eleven apostles themselves.
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- about AD 150by Various early Christian authors
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A letter from the eleven opens with a creed
The letter begins as a letter should. Eleven apostles greet the churches in the four directions of the world. They say they write from what they have seen, heard and touched after he was risen from the dead.
Then comes a statement of belief. Jesus Christ is God, the Son of God, sent by the Father who made all things. By his word the Son made the heavens and formed the earth, set bounds to the sea, and created man in his own image. The Son is the Word become flesh. He took a body from Mary the holy virgin, by the will of God. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes in Bethlehem and grew to full age.
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The Epistle of the Apostles. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-epistle-of-the-apostles.
The epistle of the apostles. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-epistle-of-the-apostles (Original work published ca. 150)
The Epistle of the Apostles. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-epistle-of-the-apostles.
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What is the Epistle of the Apostles about?
It is a letter in the name of the eleven apostles, giving the teaching of the risen Jesus. It covers his incarnation, the resurrection of the flesh, judgment, his return, and a warning against false teachers.
When was the Epistle of the Apostles written?
Most scholars date it to the second century, probably between about 140 and 170, though some suggest earlier or later dates. It was written in Greek by an unknown author.
Who are Simon and Cerinthus in the Epistle of the Apostles?
They are the false teachers the letter names as enemies of the truth. The apostles say they go about the world corrupting the word, and they tell believers to keep far from them.
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