The title apocryphal New Testament is given to a range of amorphous texts that seem to have originated from the second century onwards. The main apocryphal gospel texts are the Protevangelium of James, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, the Arabic Infancy Gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Nicodemus. A variation of the stories in the Protevangelium is to be seen in the later Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Several apocryphal gospels relate incidents about Jesus as an infant and a young boy. Just as the apocryphal gospels amplify events relating to Jesusʾ birth, childhood and death, so the apocryphal acts tell us about the founding fathers of the church. It is in the field of painting and the plastic arts that the influence of the apocryphal traditions is most obviously and strongly felt.