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The Acts of John

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The Acts of John contains two of the most extraordinary scenes in all non-canonical Christian literature. In the first, on the night before the crucifixion, Jesus gathers his disciples and leads them in a circle dance while singing a hymn — the Hymn of the Dance — in which the disciples respond to each line with “Amen.” In the second, John sees that Jesus does not cast a shadow, that his footprint

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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

2nd century. Condemned at the Second Council of Nicaea, 787 AD, which ordered all copies burned. Contains a dance of Jesus and a description of the crucifixion contradicting canoni

02 / Why it matters

The Council ordered it burned. The hymn survived in a cave.

From / associated with the text
“I would be saved, and I would save. Amen. I would be loosed, and I would loose. Amen. I would be wounded, and I would wound. Amen. I would be born, and I would bear. Amen.”
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