Acts of Paul and Thecla

The Acts of Paul and Thecla is an early Christian text that narrates the story of Thecla, a young woman who became a follower of Paul and a Christian martyr.|||Greek, Coptic, Syriac, and Latin manuscripts. The work dates to the 2nd century CE.|||Composed in Greek in the mid-2nd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Widely read in the early Church.|||Presents Thecla as a female apostle and martyr. Important for understanding the role of women in early Christianity and the history of the apocryphal Acts.|||Elliott, J. K. The Apocryphal New Testament. Oxford, 1993.|||Barrier, J. The Acts of Paul and Thecla. Mohr Siebeck, 2009.|||Bovon, F. " The Acts of Paul and Thecla." In The Apocryphal Acts of Apostles. Scholars Press, 1991.|||Acts of Paul and Thecla — Early Christian Writings|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thecla.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; Acts of Paul and Thecla — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/lbob/lbob09.htm|Public-domain translation.|||" Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are they who have kept the flesh chaste, for they shall become a temple of God." — Acts of Paul and Thecla 5