agrapha 39.agr.002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

Among the Christian sources of the life of Jesus we need hardly mention the so called Agrapha and Apocrypha (see AGRAPHA and APOCRYPHA). For whether the Agrapha contain Logia of Jesus, or refer to incidents in His life, they are either highly uncertain or present only variations of the Gospel story. The chief value of the Apocrypha consists in their showing the infinite superiority of the Inspired Writings by contrasting the coarse and erroneous productions of the human mind with the simple and sublime truths written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.