List of Gospels

• Q source – Q is material common to Matthew and Luke, but not found in Mark
• M source – M is material unique to Matthew
• L source – L is material unique to Luke

• Signs Gospel – narrative of the Seven Signs
• Discourses Gospel – source of the discourse material

• Gospel of Thomas – The Gospel of Thomas (also known as the Coptic Gospel of Thomas) is a non-canonical sayings gospel.
• Gospel of Marcion – 2nd century, potentially an edited version of the Gospel of Luke (see: Marcionism)
• Gospel of Basilides – composed in Egypt around 120 to 140 AD, thought to be a Gnostic gospel harmony of the canonical gospels
• Gospel of Truth (Valentinian) – mid-2nd century, departed from earlier Gnostic works by admitting and defending the physicality of Christ and his resurrection
• Gospel of the Four Heavenly Realms – mid-2nd century, thought to be a Gnostic cosmology, most likely in the form of a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples
• Gospel of Mary – 2nd century Gnostic text
• Gospel of Judas – 2nd century Gnostic text
• Greek Gospel of the Egyptians – second quarter of the 2nd century
• Gospel of Philip – 3rd-century Gnostic text
• Gospel of the Twelve Apostles – a Syriac language gospel titled the Gospel of the Twelve, this work is shorter than the regular gospels and seems to be different from the lost Gospel of the Twelve.[4]
• Gospel of Perfection – 4th century, an Ophite poem that is only mentioned once by a single patristic source, Epiphanius,[5] and is referred to once in the 6th century Syriac Infancy Gospel
• Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians – also called Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit

• Gospel of the Hebrews
• Gospel of the Nazarenes
• Gospel of the Ebionites
• Gospel of the Twelve

• Armenian Infancy Gospel[6]
• Protoevangelium of James
• Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae (Gospel of the Nativity of Mary)
• Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
• History of Joseph the Carpenter
• Infancy Gospel of Thomas
• Latin Infancy Gospel (also known as the "J Composition")[7]
• Syriac Infancy Gospel

• Gospel of the Lots of Mary (Coptic collection of 37 oracles; around 500 AD)[8]

• Gospel of Peter

Fragmentary gospels are those preserved from primary sources.

• Gospel of Eve – mentioned only once by Epiphanius around 400 AD, who preserves a single brief passage in quotation
• Gospel of Mani – 3rd century – attributed to the Persian Mani, the founder of Manichaeism
• Gospel of the Saviour (also known as the Unknown Berlin gospel) – highly fragmentary 6th century manuscript based on a late 2nd or early 3rd century original, a dialogue rather than a narrative, heavily Gnostic in character in that salvation is dependent upon possessing secret knowledge
• Coptic Gospel of the Twelve – late 2nd century Coptic language work – although often equated with the Gospel of the Ebionites, it appears to be an attempt to retell the Gospel of John in the pattern of the Synoptics; it quotes extensively from the Gospel of John.

Reconstructed gospels are those preserved from secondary sources and commentaries.

• Secret Gospel of Mark – suspect: the single source mentioning it is considered by many to be a modern forgery, and it was lost before it could be independently authenticated.
• Gospel of Matthias – a lost text from the New Testament apocrypha. The content has been surmised from descriptions in works by church fathers.

• Gospel of Cerinthus – around 90–120 AD – according to Epiphanius,[9] this is a Jewish gospel identical to the Gospel of the Ebionites, and apparently, a truncated version of the Gospel of Matthew according to the Hebrews.
• Gospel of Apelles – mid- to late 2nd century, a further edited version of Marcion's edited version of Luke
• Gospel of Valentinus[lower-alpha 1]
• Gospel of the Encratites[lower-alpha 2]
• Gospel of Andrew – mentioned by only two 5th century sources (Augustine and Pope Innocent I) who list it as apocryphal[lower-alpha 3]
• Gospel of Barnabas – this work is mentioned only once, in the 5th century Decree of Gelasius, which lists it as apocryphal.
• Gospel of Bartholomew – mentioned by only two 5th century sources, which list it as apocryphal.[lower-alpha 4]
• Gospel of Hesychius – mentioned only by Jerome and the Decree of Gelasius that list it as apocryphal.[lower-alpha 5]
• Gospel of Lucius – mentioned only by Jerome and the Decree of Gelasius that list it as apocryphal.
• Gospel of Merinthus[lower-alpha 6] – mentioned only by Epiphanius; probably the Gospel of Cerinthus, and the confusion due to a scribal error.
• An unknown number of other Gnostic gospels not cited by name.[lower-alpha 7]
• Gospel of the Adversary of the Law and the Prophets[11]
• Memoirs of the Apostles – lost narrative of the life of Jesus, mentioned by Justin Martyr, the passages quoted by Justin may have originated from a gospel harmony of the Synoptic Gospels composed by Justin or his school.

Fragmentary gospels are those preserved from primary sources.

• Papyrus Egerton 2 – late 2nd century manuscript of possibly earlier original; contents parallel John 5:39–47, 10:31–39; Matthew 1:40–45, 8:1–4, 22:15–22; Mark 1:40–45, 12:13–17; and Luke 5:12–16, 17:11–14, 20:20–26, but differ textually; also contains incomplete miracle account with no equivalent in canonical Gospels
• Fayyum Fragment – a fragment of about 100 Greek letters in 3rd century script; the text seems to parallel Mark 14:26–31
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri – fragments #1, 654, and 655 appear to be fragments of Thomas; #210 is related to Matthew 7:17–19 and Luke 6:43–44 but not identical to them; #840 contains a short vignette about Jesus and a Pharisee not found in any known gospel, the source text is probably mid-2nd century; #1224 consists of paraphrases of Mark 2:17 and Luke 9:50
• Gospel of Jesus' Wife – modern forgery based on the Gospel of Thomas[12][13]
• Papyrus Berolinensis 1171book of Enoch 0 – 6th century Greek fragment, possibly from an apocryphal gospel or amulet based on John.
• Papyrus Cairensis 10735 – 6th or 7th century Greek fragment, possibly from a lost gospel, may be a homily or commentary
• Papyrus Merton 51 – fragment from apocryphal gospel or a homily on Luke 6:7
• Strasbourg Fragment – fragment of a lost gospel, probably related to Acts of John