There are many writings by known writers in the church. Many of these writers were bishops. Eusebius bishop of Caesarea (260-339 AD) collected up what was known of the lives of early martyrs and recorded their stories. He also wrote the history of the church in a text entitled Ecclesiastical History. Eusebius influenced church theology with his writings.
Eusebius is thought to be the author of Acts of John in Rome written from stories handed down to him orally.
The original title was: Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian: Of his exile and his passage.
Content: John is arrested in Ephesus for causing trouble at the temple of Artemis. He is put on trial in Rome before the Emperor Domitian. John survives drinking deadly poison, although a slave drinks it and dies immediately. John raises the slave to life.
John is not executed, but banished to the island of Patmos where he writes the book of Revelation. Later John returns to Ephesus.
He raises a couple called Cleopatra and Lycomedes to life.
A painting is made of John but he thinks this is a bad idea.
John organizes the church and appoints Polycarp as bishop.
This text feels more true than the other texts with which it is often grouped. It is not a Gnostic work, but has been confused with them.
I would not classify Acts of John in Rome as pseudepigrapha.
Another church writing is Life of the Virgin by Maximus the Confessor (580-662). He was a monk and theologian from Constantinople and Carthage. He states that he compiled the biography of the Virgin Mary by merging information from multiple sources.
Maximus presents Mary as a leader in the early Christian Church after the death of Jesus. Mary was the source of many accounts of the life of Jesus in the Gospels. She was the counselor and guide to many women disciples who followed Jesus during his life and later in the life of the church.
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