On the Priesthood of Jesus

On the Priesthood of Jesus, also known as the Confession of Theodosius or Apology of Theodosius, is a Christian apocryphon that claims that Jesus was one of the priests of the Second Temple. It is considered an "embedded apocryphon" because the apostolic or eyewitness testimony is embedded within a frame story set much later. That story refers to a codex kept hidden by the Jews which shows that Jesus was vetted by the temple priests, who concluded that he was a Levite (through his mother), the Son of God and born of a virgin. On the Priesthood thus offers a defence of the Virgin Birth as well as a novel claim of Jesus' having been a levitical priest. On account of its interest in Jesus' origins, it may be classed with the infancy gospels.

Probably composed in the 7th or 8th century, On the Priesthood of Jesus is not an orthodox Christian work. It contradicts the canonical Epistle to the Hebrews regarding Jesus' ancestry and priesthood.

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