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::Personally, I would say no because it's unclear how much they have to do with the New Testament.  Based on supporting writings from the early fathers, the answer in almost every case is none.  Basically all we'd be doing is clumping together any works that date in the first 400 years after Jesus's death and piggy backing them on the New Testament when that really wouldn't be appropriate.  There are different works we could bring up that do have historical significance.  For instance the Gospel of Peter was in use for many years but was ultimately not included in the New Testament because it was determined it had been written after Peter's Death.  There were also books that are included in the New Testament that were questioned.  For instance Revelation was questioned because, quite frankly, no one could really understand it.  I strongly recommend the following site as the best put together and most thorough compilation and history of that period [[http://www.tektonics.org/lp/ntcanon.html]].  Just browsing through it will give you a much greater 'feel' on what went into the New Testament and why.  If I were ever to flesh out this article or other ancient writings, that's what I would use.  That's my 2 cents anyway. ;-) [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:00, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

::Personally, I would say no because it's unclear how much they have to do with the New Testament.  Based on supporting writings from the early fathers, the answer in almost every case is none.  Basically all we'd be doing is clumping together any works that date in the first 400 years after Jesus's death and piggy backing them on the New Testament when that really wouldn't be appropriate.  There are different works we could bring up that do have historical significance.  For instance the Gospel of Peter was in use for many years but was ultimately not included in the New Testament because it was determined it had been written after Peter's Death.  There were also books that are included in the New Testament that were questioned.  For instance Revelation was questioned because, quite frankly, no one could really understand it.  I strongly recommend the following site as the best put together and most thorough compilation and history of that period [[http://www.tektonics.org/lp/ntcanon.html]].  Just browsing through it will give you a much greater 'feel' on what went into the New Testament and why.  If I were ever to flesh out this article or other ancient writings, that's what I would use.  That's my 2 cents anyway. ;-) [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:00, 9 May 2007 (EDT)