Excerpt from Four Hitherto Unpublished Gospels: A Series of Character Studies Cast in the Form of Personal Memoirs of John the Baptist, Andrew the Brother of Simon Peter, Judas Iscariot, James the Brother of JesusNevertheless, it is undeniable that there were other men who knew Jesus, some of whom were members of the apostolic group, who, if they had written of the life and ministry of Jesus as they saw it, would have told us some things which the four Gospels have 'omitted, just as each of our four gospels contains something which is omitted by all three of the others, and we have no reason to doubt that they would have done this truthfully and that, Whether such books ever became a part of the New, Testament or not, they would have had genuine value for us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.