A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A TABLE OF BOOKS that belong to the New Testament.

Books owned as Canonical, at all Times, and by all Christians.

• THE Four Gospels.
• Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul.
• The first Epistle of St. Peter.
• The first Epistle of St. John.
• [The Acts of the Apostles; This by a Mistake is omit∣ted in du Pin.]

Books doubted of at first by several, but soon re∣ceived as Canonical by the Catholick Church.

• The Epistle to the Hebrews.
• The Epistle of St. James.
• The second Epistle of St. Peter.
• The second and third Epistle of St. John.
• The Epistle of St. Jude, something later.
• The Revelation, which was not universally received of a long time.

Apocryphal Books, not full of Errours.

• The Letter of J. C. to Agbarus.
• The Letters of the V. M.
• The Gospel according to the Aegyptians.
• The Gospel according to the Hebrews.
• The Proto-Evangelium of St. James.
• The Gospel of Nicodemus.
• The Ancient Acts of Paul and Theol••.
• The Epistle to the Laodiceans.
• The Letters of St. Paul to Seneca.
• The Epistle of St. Barnabas.
• The Liturgies
  • Of St. Peter.
  • Of St. Mark.
  • Of St. James.
  • Of St. Matthew.
• The Canons and Constitutions of the Apostles.
• The Book of Prochorus.
• The Book of Abdias.
• The Ancient Acts of the Passion of St. Andrew.

Erroneous Books, Forged by Hereticks.

• The Gospels
  • Of St. Thomas.
  • Of St. Matthias.
  • Of St. Bartholomew.
  • Of the Twelve.
  • Of Philip.
  • Of Judas.
  • Of Thaddaeus.
  • Of Barnabas.
• A Book of the Childhood of Jesus Christ.
• A Book of the Genealogy of Mary.
• The Acts
  • Of St. Peter.
  • Of St. Paul.
  • Of St. Andrew.
  • Of the Apostles.
  • Of St. John.
  • Of St. Philip.
  • Of St. Thomas.
• The Doctrine and Sermons of St. Peter.
• The Clementines.
• The Memoirs of the Apostles.
• The Travels of the Apostles.
• A Book of the Priesthood of Jesus Christ.
• The Life of the Virgin Mary.
• Questions of the Virgin Mary.
• Revelations
  • Of St. Peter.
  • Of St. Paul.
  • Of St. Thomas.
  • Of St. Stephen.

Other Supposititious Books, favourable to Religion.

• A Letter of Agbarus to Jesus Christ.
• Letters of Lentulus and Pilate, concerning Jesus Christ.
• The Sibylline Oracles.
• The Books of Hermes Trismegistus.
• The Books of Hystaspes.
• Seneca's Letters to St. Paul.
• A Passage of Josephus concerning Jesus Christ; which we cannot tell whether it be Supposititious or no.