of Peter) Letter of Lentulus Pistis Sophia Second Treatise of the Great Seth Sethian texts concerning Jesus The Sethians were a gnostic group who originally worshipped the biblical Seth as a messianic figure, later treating Jesus as a re-incarnation of Seth. They produced numerous texts expounding their esoteric cosmology, usually in the form of visions: Apocryphon of John (also called the "Secret Gospel of John") Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians (distinct from the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians) Trimorphic Protennoia Ritual diagrams Some of the Gnostic texts appear to consist of diagrams and instructions for use in religious rituals: Ophite Diagrams Books of Jeu Acts Several texts concern themselves with the subsequent lives of the apostles, usually with highly supernatural events. Almost half of these, anciently called The Circuits of the Apostles and now known by the name of their purported author, "Leucius Charinus" (supposedly a companion of John the apostle), contained the Acts of Peter, John, Andrew, Thomas, and Paul. These were judged by the Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople in the ninth century to be full of folly, self-contradiction, falsehood, and impiety. The Acts of Thomas and the Acts of Peter and the Twelve are often considered Gnostic texts. While most of the texts are believed to have been written in the 2nd century, at least two, the Acts of Barnabas and the Acts of Peter and Paul are believed to have been written as late as the 5th century. Acts of Andrew Acts of Barnabas Acts of John Acts of Mar Mari Acts of the Martyrs Acts of Paul Acts of Paul and Thecla Acts of Peter Acts of Peter and Andrew Acts of Peter and Paul Acts of Peter and the Twelve Acts of Philip Acts of Pilate Acts of Thomas Acts of Timothy Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles Epistles There are also non-canonical epistles (or "letters") between individuals or to Christians in general. Some of them were regarded very highly by the early church. Those marked with a lozenge (♦) are included in the collection known as the Apostolic Fathers: Epistle of Barnabas ♦ Epistles of Clement ♦ Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans ♦ Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians ♦ Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians ♦ Epistle to Diognetus ♦ Epistle to the Laodiceans (an epistle in the name of Paul) Epistle