William Wake (26 January 1657 – 24 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737.

Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador Richard Graham, Viscount Preston (1648–1695). Here he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs. He also collated some Paris manuscripts of the Greek New Testament for John Fell, bishop of Oxford.[1]

He returned to England in 1685; in 1688 he became preacher at Gray's Inn, and in 1689 he received a canonry of Christ Church, Oxford. In 1693 he was appointed rector of St James's, Westminster. Ten years later he became Dean of Exeter, and in 1705 he was consecrated bishop of Lincoln. He was translated to the see of Canterbury in 1716 on the death of Thomas Tenison. Tenison had been his mentor, and was responsible for his obtaining his bishopric, despite the notable reluctance of Queen Anne, who regarded the appointment of bishops as her prerogative and distrusted Tenison's judgment.

During 1718 he negotiated with leading French churchmen about a projected union of the Gallican and English churches to resist the claims of Rome.[2] In dealing with Nonconformism he was tolerant, and even advocated a revision of the Prayer Book if that would allay the scruples of dissenters.

His writings are numerous, the chief being his State of the Church and Clergy of England ... historically deduced (London, 1703). In these writings he produced a massive defence of Anglican Orders and again disproved the Nag's Head Fable by citing a number of documentary sources.[3] The work was written in part as a refutation of the arguments of the "high church" opposition to the perceived erastian policies of King William and the then Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Tenison. He died at his official home, Lambeth Palace.

He was buried in Croydon Minster in Surrey.

The Suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament:

VOLUME. 1 - THE GOSPEL OF THE BIRTH OF MARY.
VOLUME. 2 - THE GOSPEL CALLED THE PROTEVANGELION
VOLUME. 3 - THE FIRST GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF JESUS CHRIST.
VOLUME. 4 - THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS, FORMERLY CALLED THE ACTS OF PONTIUS PILATE
VOLUME. 5 - THE EPISTLES OF JESUS CHRIST & ABGARUS KING OF EDESSA.
VOLUME. 6 - THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.
VOLUME. 7 - THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.
VOLUME. 8 - THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS.
VOLUME. 9 - THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK OF HERMAS CALLED HIS VISION.

The Lost Books of the Bible Include are the following 26 "lost" books, that were excluded from the Old and New Testament that we know today:

The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
The Book of James, or Protoevangelion
The Gospel of the Infancy of JESUS CHRIST
I Infancy
II Infancy
III Infancy
IV Infancy
The Epistle of Jesus Christ
The Gospel of Nicodemus
The Apostles' Creed
The Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans
The Epistles of Paul to Seneca
The Acts of Paul and Thelca
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The General Epistle of Barnabus
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Lost Gospel According to Peter

The second bonus book is titled "The Forgotten Books of Eden", and includes works which are suited to the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. They too were excluded by Jewish (and some Christian) councils due to doubts about their age and origins. Included are the following 22 books in this title:

The Testament of Abraham
The Book of Adam and Eve
The Second Book of Adam and Eve
The Life of Adam and Eve (Slovic)
The Story of Ahikar
The Letter of Aristeas
The Odes of Solomon
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (12 books)
The Psalms of Solomon
II Esdras
IV Maccabees