The History of Christianity. Lecture 12 of 30. Defining the Christ: The Apocrypha.

History of Christianity. Lecture 12 of 30. Defining the Christ: The Apocrypha. While theologians quibbled over the nuances of various philosophic terms to define the Christ, the Christian rank and file went about composing stories that “filled in the gaps” of the Biblical narratives about Jesus. Some of the most popular stories and depictions in Christian art come not from the Bible but from these apocryphal stories.