This work is mentioned by Eusebius, Hist. Eccles. B. iii. ch. iii. and xxv., as among the spurious writings current in the church. The Acts of Paul and Thecla was a different work from the Acts of Paul. The words quoted, “Hic est verbum animal vivens,” seem to be a corruption from Heb. iv. 12, ζῶν γὰρ ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ.