Abstract
Canonical Gospels and certain apocryphal legends interact dialectically. Taking the Gospel of Luke as example, this article shows how a canonical text was received in apocryphal literature. On the other side the prologues to the Gospels -and especially a Byzantine prologue to the Gospel of John, and the legend it contains -reveal the apocryphal frame wherein the canonical texts were integrated. The relationship between canonical and apocryphal writings sometimes is the same as that between Scripture and Tradition. Scripture is integrated to the Church, and the community of believers nourishes its life not only on canonical texts but also on the history of its witnesses, traditions, and legends about its apostles and saints.
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