THE ACTS OF S. PAUL, were composed after the death of this Apostle, as a Supplement to S. Luke, and a continuation of his Narrative from the second year of St. Paul’s first voyage to Rome, to the very end of his life. This Book, which is entirely lost, must have been twice as long as the Canonical Acts of the Apostles, since in a Manuscript cited by Cotelerius, it is said to have contained four thousand five hundred and sixty lines or verses; whereas in the same Manuscript it is aver’d that in the genuine Book of the Acts, written by St. Luke, there are no more than two thousand five hundred. Eusebius, who had seen this Work, says it was a spurious Piece, or without any authority.
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The Acts of S. Paul
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