Editing New Testament apocrypha (section)

===Infancy gospels===
{{Main article|Infancy gospels}} Information about the childhood of Jesus was supplied by a number of 2nd-century and later texts, known as infancy gospels, none of which were accepted into the [[biblical canon]]. Despite this, some scholars have noted that the very number of surviving infancy manuscripts attests to their continued popularity.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=William R. |title=The Catholic Church: A History |date=2009 |publisher=The Teaching Company |location=Chantilly, VA |isbn=9781598035964 |pages=Lecture 3}} </ref>

Most of these manuscripts were based on the earliest infancy gospels, namely the [[Infancy Gospel of James]] (also called the "Protoevangelium of James") and the [[Infancy Gospel of Thomas]], and on their later combination into the [[Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew]] (also called the "Infancy Gospel of Matthew" or "Birth of Mary and Infancy of the Saviour").{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

The other significant early infancy gospels are the [[Syriac Infancy Gospel|Arabic Infancy Gospel]], the Georgian Infancy Gospel, the Ethiopian Infancy Gospel / History of Jesus and Mary, the [[Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae]], the [[Armenian Infancy Gospel]], the Slavonic Infancy Gospel, the Infancy Gospel of the Savior, the Coptic Infancy Gospel, the [[History of Joseph the Carpenter]], the Transitus Mariae / Gospel of the Dormition, and the [[Life of John the Baptist]].