What non canon books are safe?

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I am interested in reading books such as the Apocalypse of Peter but I don’t want to expose myself to any ideas that the church may have condemned as heretical and I think it might be. Can you give me some suggestions on good reading material that would be safe? What is the Church’s stance on the literature such as “The Mystical City of God” ? It’s kind of difficult to find what literature the CC has allowed and what it hasn’t, if it has any. I guess what I am looking for is some literature that explains where some of our non scriptural yet historical traditions come from. Like how there is no mention of Jesus falling three times, Veronica wiping his face or the life of Mary after the resurrection in the Bible.
 
The Protoevangelium of James has wider acceptance, especially in the East. While it in itself is not canon, the story is accepted as part of tradition.
 
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I am interested in reading books such as the Apocalypse of Peter but I don’t want to expose myself to any ideas that the church may have condemned as heretical and I think it might be. Can you give me some suggestions on good reading material that would be safe? What is the Church’s stance on the literature such as “The Mystical City of God” ? It’s kind of difficult to find what literature the CC has allowed and what it hasn’t, if it has any. I guess what I am looking for is some literature that explains where some of our non scriptural yet historical traditions come from. Like how there is no mention of Jesus falling three times, Veronica wiping his face or the life of Mary after the resurrection in the Bible.
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me personnla I would read any that struck my interest. I Have read most of Enoch. i tend to stay clear of any writting that have been Labled as gnostic.
 
The Didache would be a great work to start with. Completely historical, nothing against Catholic teaching. It didn’t make the Bible not because it was heretical, but because it served more like a first century Catechism, and was purely instructional. In other words, it was a church document, but not the inspired word of God.

It’s also short, so you could finish it in just a few minutes.

earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html
 
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