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The Acts of Paul and TheclaCodex ISO Edition 020 · The Complete Jones Translation · 1820
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The Acts of Paul and Thecla

Codex ISO Edition 020 · The Complete Jones Translation · 1820

Thecla hears Paul at Iconium, leaves her expected marriage, survives a threatened burning and an arena sentence, baptizes herself, returns to Paul, and receives his instruction to teach. This edition carries the historical translation through its Seleucia ending and final Amen.

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Before you read

Context without the mythology.

Codex ISO separates the surviving evidence from later interpretation, so you can encounter the text without being told what to believe about it first.

01 / Historical context

An anonymous early Christian narrative generally placed in the late second century, preserved here in the complete eleven-chapter Jeremiah Jones translation printed by William Hone in 1820.

02 / Why it matters

Tertullian's objection records a real controversy over Thecla, teaching and baptism; it does not establish the old catalogue claim of a single fourth-century suppression.

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““Blessed are they who keep their flesh undefiled (or pure); for they shall be the temple of God.””
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What is The Acts of Paul and Thecla?

Thecla hears Paul at Iconium, leaves her expected marriage, survives a threatened burning and an arena sentence, baptizes herself, returns to Paul, and receives his instruction to teach. This edition carries the historical translation through its Seleucia ending and final Amen.

What survives of The Acts of Paul and Thecla?

An anonymous early Christian narrative generally placed in the late second century, preserved here in the complete eleven-chapter Jeremiah Jones translation printed by William Hone in 1820.

Where can I read The Acts of Paul and Thecla?

Codex ISO Edition 020 is a source-aware digital PDF edition available on this page for £1.99.

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