posted May 21, 2008 05:40 PM         

The Acts of Paul and Thecla is an apocryphal story of St Paul's Teachings and influence on a young woman and Disciple named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament Apocryphas (in about the second century) and banned from the Bible.

Thecla was a second century Feminist who preached and baptised in a mans world. It is a wonderful read and an excellent insight to the woman`s movement in the Christian community as a Disciple of Paul.

It doesn`t fly in the face of what we know of Pauline Doctrine so it`s easly understood some of the why`s it was banned

Wiki has some information for a brief overview:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Paul_and_Thecla

but this link is easy to read and excellent!!:

http://www.piney.com/thecla.html

Chapters eight and nine are my favorites

juni

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