Apostles Christians (second half of the second century and first half of the third century) believed that only Peter, Paul, and James, son of Zebedee, were martyred. The remainder or even all of the claims of martyred apostles do not rely upon historical or biblical evidence. The relics of the Apostles are claimed by various Churches, many in Italy. Each of the four listings of apostles in the New Testament (, , , and ) indicate that all the apostles were men. The canonical gospels and the book of Acts give varying names of the twelve apostles. The list in the
The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles thus it is classed among the modern pseudepigrapha. It is available in a 1982 edition by E. Raymond Capt () from Artisan Publishers, Muskogee, which is a publisher specializing in evangelical fringe subjects. The purpose of the book was likely to support Anglo-Israelism. The book has not found attention in recent mainstream publications and is not mentioned on the website of the British-Israel-World Federation. The influence of that movement has declined. The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, also known as the "Sonnini Manuscript", is a short text purporting