Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew

About “Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew”

The Latin Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is a non-canonical infancy gospel that belongs to the New Testament apocrypha. It was originally known as The Book About the Origin of the Blessed Mary and the Childhood of the Savior. This text is part of a group of writings called "Infancy gospels," which aim to expand on the early life of Jesus, covering events up to the age of 12. These stories are not found in the canonical Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In the Western tradition, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew was the primary source for visual depictions of the Life of Mary, particularly before the Late Middle Ages. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)