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Tlie Manichees. Sect. VI. 429
chees using- apocryphal scriptures : at the same time we
shall perceive, in good measure, what they were.
Photius says of Agapius, a celebrated Man ichtean writer,
that' he makes use of the Acts of the twelve apostles, especially
those of Andrew.
Philaster says that"* the Manichees, and divers other
heretics, make use of apocryphal scriptures. He says par-
ticularly, that they have Acts of Andrew, John, and Peter.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, having named the three disciples
of Mani, Thomas, Buddas, and liermas, adds '
: Let" no man
' read the gospel according to Thomas: for it is not a work of
* one of the twelve apostles of Christ, but of one of the three
' naughty disciples of Mani.' And in another place he says,
' The" Manichees have written a gospel, entitled. According
' to Thomas, by which the minds of the simple are cor-
' rupted.'
FaustusP speaks as if he l)ad some writings or histories
of the apostles Peter, and Andrew, and Thomns, and John,
which were not in the catholic canon.
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