Editing New Testament apocrypha (section)

{{Short description|Writings by early Christians, not included in the Biblical Canon}}
{{New Testament Apocrypha}}
The '''New Testament apocrypha''' (singular '''apocryphon''')<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kelly|first=Joseph F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DNpDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT146|title=The World of the Early Christians|date=2017-03-15|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-8379-8|language=en|quote=There are both Old and New Testament Apocrypha [singular: Apocryphon],}}</ref> are a number of writings by [[Early Christianity|early Christians]] that give accounts of [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus]] and his teachings, the nature of [[God in Christianity|God]], or the teachings of his [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]] and of their lives. Some of these writings were cited as [[Bible|scripture]] by early Christians, but since the fifth century a widespread consensus has emerged limiting the New Testament to the [[Development of the New Testament canon|27 books of the modern canon]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Van Liere |first=Frans |date=2014 |title=An Introduction to the Medieval Bible |pages=68–69 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dwd-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|isbn=9780521865784 }}</ref><ref name=Ehrman2003>{{cite book |last=Ehrman |first=Bart D. |author-link=Bart Ehrman |date=2003 |title=Lost Christianities: Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew |pages=230–231 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHDNe8KmMAIC&pg=PA230|isbn=9780199756681 }}</ref> Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant churches generally do not view the New Testament apocrypha as part of the Bible.<ref name=Ehrman2003/>