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the offertory sentences in Holy Communion comes from an apocryphal book (Tob. 4: 8–9). Lessons from the Apocrypha are regularly appointed to be read in the daily, Sunday, and special services of Morning and Evening Prayer. There are altogether 111 such lessons in the latest revised American Prayer Book Lectionary The position of the Church is best summarized in the words of Article Six of the Thirty-nine Articles: "In the name of Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority there was never any doubt in the Church... And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine.

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the Bishop's Bible (1568), and the King James Bible (1611) contained the Apocrypha. Soon after the publication of the KJV, however, the English Bibles began to drop the Apocrypha and eventually they disappeared entirely. The first English Bible to be printed in America (1782–83) lacked the Apocrypha. In 1826, the British and Foreign Bible Society decided to no longer print them. Today the trend is in the opposite direction, and English Bibles with the Apocrypha are becoming more popular again.

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the Bishop's Bible (1568), and the King James Bible (1611) contained the Apocrypha. Soon after the publication of the KJV, however, the English Bibles began to drop the Apocrypha and eventually they disappeared entirely. The first English Bible to be printed in America (1782–83) lacked the Apocrypha. In 1826 the British and Foreign Bible Society decided to no longer print them. Today the trend is in the opposite direction, and English Bibles with the Apocrypha are becoming more popular again.

781: 1673:. For Mu'tazilites, the basic argument for rejecting hadith is that "because of its nature as the transmission of individuals, cannot be a sure path to our understanding of the Prophet's teachings, unlike the Quran whose transmission has a general consensus among Muslims". Some Muslim critics of hadith have even gone so far as to completely reject them as fundamental texts of Islam and instead adhere to the movement known as 4333: 3727: 944:, employs verses from the Apocrypha, such as in the Eucharistic liturgy. The Protestant Apocrypha contains three books (1 Esdras, 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh) that are accepted by many Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches as canonical, but are regarded as non-canonical by the Catholic Church and are therefore not included in modern Catholic Bibles. 1244:

appointed to be read to catechumens for edification and instruction; these are the Wisdom of Solomon, the Wisdom of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Esther, Judith, Tobias, the Didache, or Doctrine of the Apostles, and the Shepherd of Hermas. All others are apocrypha and the inventions of heretics (Festal Epistle for 367)".

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While these writings borrowed the characteristic poetic features of apocalyptic literature from Judaism, Gnostic sects largely insisted on allegorical interpretations based on a secret apostolic tradition. With them, these apocryphal books were highly esteemed. A well-known Gnostic apocryphal book is

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While a few scholars conclude that the Jewish canon was the achievement of the Hasmonean dynasty, it is generally considered not to have been finalized until about 100 AD or somewhat later, at which time considerations of Greek language and beginnings of Christian acceptance of the Septuagint weighed

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The Protestants, in comparison, were diverse in their opinion of the deuterocanon early on. Some considered them divinely inspired, others rejected them. Lutherans and Anglicans retained the books as Christian intertestamental readings and a part of the Bible (in a section called "Apocrypha"), but no

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English Bibles were patterned after those of the Continental Reformers by having the Apocrypha set off from the rest of the OT. Coverdale (1535) called them "Apocrypha". All English Bibles prior to 1629 contained the Apocrypha. Matthew's Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva Bible (1560),

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around 1054, but the formation of the canon that Trent would later officially definitively settle was largely complete by the fifth century, if not settled, six centuries before the separation. In the eastern part of the church, it took much of the fifth century also to come to agreement, but in the

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to refer to this traditional intertestamental collection as books of "the second canon". These books are often seen as helping to explain the theological and cultural transitions that took place between the Old and New Testaments. They are also sometimes called "intertestamental" by religious groups

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declared that all books outside the Hebrew canon were apocryphal. In practice, Jerome treated some books outside the Hebrew canon as if they were canonical, and the Western Church did not accept Jerome's definition of apocrypha, instead retaining the word's prior meaning. As a result, various church

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The adjective "apocryphal", meaning of doubtful authenticity, mythical, fictional, is recorded from the late 16th century, then taking on the popular meaning of "false," "spurious," "bad," or "heretical." It may be used for any book which might have scriptural claims but which does not appear in the

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Why 3 and 4 Esdraas (called 1 and 2 Esdras in the NRSV Apocrypha) are pushed to the front of the list is not clear, but the motive may have been to distinguish the Anglican Apocrypha from the Roman Catholic canon affirmed at the fourth session of the Council of trent in 1546, which included all of

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Protestantism therefore established a 66 book canon with the 39 books based on the ancient Hebrew canon, along with the traditional 27 books of the New Testament. Protestants also rejected the Catholic term "deuterocanonical" for these writings, preferring to apply the term "apocryphal", which was

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On the other hand, the Anglican Communion emphatically maintains that the Apocrypha is part of the Bible and is to be read with respect by her members. Two of the hymns used in the American Prayer Book office of Morning Prayer, the Benedictus es and Benedicite, are taken from the Apocrypha. One of

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are texts written by Han scholars about the Zhou royal treasures, only they were not written to record history for its own sake, but for legitimizing the current imperial reign. These texts took the form of stories about texts and objects being conferred upon the Emperors by Heaven and comprising

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did not regularly publish the intertestamental section in its Bibles, citing the cost of printing the Apocrypha in addition to the Old Testament and New Testament as a major factor; this legacy came to characterize English-language Bibles in Great Britain and the Americas, unlike in Europe where

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many Jewish texts of Hellenistic origin existed within Judaism and were frequently used by Christians. Patristic authorities frequently recognized these books as important to the emergence of Christianity, but the inspired authority and value of the apocrypha remained widely disputed. Christians

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The East already differed from the West in not considering every question of canon yet settled, and it subsequently adopted a few more books into its Old Testament. It also allowed consideration of yet a few more to continue not fully decided, which led in some cases to adoption in one or more

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Within the Pali tradition, the apocryphal Jatakas of later composition (some dated even to the 19th century) are treated as a separate category of literature from the "official" Jataka stories that have been more-or-less formally canonized from at least the 5th century—as attested to in ample

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is generally considered to be a much later addition) and the local councils of Carthage and Hippo in north Africa (391 and 393 A.D). Athanasius called canonical all books of the Hebrew Bible including Baruch, while excluding Esther. He adds that "there are certain books which the Fathers had

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we find evidence of hesitation about the character of the deuterocanonicals. There is a current friendly to them, another one distinctly unfavourable to their authority and sacredness, while wavering between the two are a number of writers whose veneration for these books is tempered by some

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reconfirmed the canon of Augustine, dating to the second and third centuries, declaring "He is also to be anathema who does not receive these entire books, with all their parts, as they have been accustomed to be read in the Catholic Church, and are found in the ancient editions of the Latin

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already in use for other early and disputed writings. As today (but along with other reasons), various reformers argued that those books contained doctrinal or other errors and thus should not have been added to the canon for that reason. The differences between canons can be seen under

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in its ancient Christian usage originally meant a text read in private, rather than in public church settings. In English, it later came to have a sense of the esoteric, suspicious, or heretical, largely because of the Protestant interpretation of the usefulness of non-canonical texts.

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were classed in 80 book Protestant Bibles as an intertestamental section called the Apocrypha, which straddles the Old Testament and New Testament. Prior to 1629, all English-language Protestant Bibles included the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament; examples include the

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Nevertheless, none of these constituted indisputable definitions, and significant scholarly doubts and disagreements about the nature of the Apocrypha continued for centuries and even into Trent, which provided the first infallible definition of the Catholic canon in 1546.

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are included in some copies of the Septuagint, some of which are accepted as canonical by Eastern Orthodox and some other churches. Protestants accept none of these additional books as canon, but see them having roughly the same status as the other Apocrypha.

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among religious scholars, while many others survive only in the form of quotations from them in other writings; for some, no more than the title is known. Artists and theologians have drawn upon the New Testament apocrypha for such matters as the names of

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editions (like the Westminster), readers were warned that these books were not "to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings". A milder distinction was expressed elsewhere, such as in the "argument" introducing them in the

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is commonly used in modern English to refer to any text or story considered to be of dubious veracity or authority, although it may contain some moral truth. In this broader metaphorical sense, the word suggests a claim that is in the nature of

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Generally, Anabaptists and magisterial Protestants recognize the fourteen books of the Apocrypha as being non-canonical, but useful for reading "for example of life and instruction of manners": a view that continues today throughout the

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3 and 4 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh. These three texts were designated at Trent as Apocrypha and later included in an appendix to the Clementine Vulgate, first published in 1592 (and the standard Vulgate text until Vatican

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The wider Christian canon accepted by Augustine became the more established canon in the western Church after being promulgated for use in the Easter Letter of Athanasius (circa 372 A.D.), the Synod of Rome (382 A.D., but its

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The status of the deuterocanonicals remains unchanged in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, though there is a difference in number of these books between these two branches of Christianity. Some authorities began using term

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It is because of this politicized recording of their history that it is difficult to retrace the exact origins of these objects. What is known is that these texts were most likely produced by a class of literati called the

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officially ("infallibly") declared these books (called "deuterocanonical" by Catholics) to be part of the canon in April, 1546 A.D. While the Protestant Reformers rejected the parts of the canon that were not part of the

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Some Christians, in an extension of the meaning, might also consider the non-heretical books to be "apocryphal" along the manner of Martin Luther: not canon, but useful to read. This category includes books such as the

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and his disciples sometimes used phrases also featured in some of the Apocryphal books, the Book of Enoch was never referenced by Jesus. The genuineness and inspiration of Enoch were believed in by the writer of the

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began to take on extra or altered connotations: not just of dubious authenticity, but having spurious or false content, Protestants, being diverse in theological views, were not unanimous in adopting those meanings.

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Even though they were not placed on the same level as the canonical books , still they were useful for instruction . ... These–and others that total fourteen or fifteen altogether-are the books known as the

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The earliest extant manuscripts of the Septuagint are from the fourth century, and suffer greatly from a lack of uniformity as regards containing apocryphal books, and some also contain books classed as

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The List of Sixty, dating to around the 7th century, lists the sixty books of the Bible. The unknown author also lists many apocryphal books that are not included amongst the sixty. These books are:

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The author also promotes an ideology of marriage, revealed mainly in the prayer of 8:5–7 (which is an optional Old Testament reading in Catholic, Anglican, and United Methodist marriage services).

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canons. The deuterocanonical or intertestamental books of the Catholic Church include Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Sirach, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom and additions to Esther, Daniel, and Baruch.

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De scripturis his, quae appellantur apocriphae, pro eo quod multa in iis corrupta et contra fidem veram inveniuntur a maioribus tradita non placuit iis dari locum nec admitti ad auctoritatem.

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these ancient sage-king's (this is how the Zhou emperors were referred to by this time, about 500 years after their peak) royal regalia. The desired effect was to confirm the Han emperor's

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end it was accomplished. The canonical books thus established by the undivided church became the predominant canon for what was later to become Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox alike.

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Before the fifth century, the Christian writings that were then under discussion for inclusion in the canon but had not yet been accepted were classified in a group known as the ancient

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jurisdictions, but not all. Thus, there are today a few remaining differences of canon among Orthodox, and all Orthodox accept a few more books than appear in the Catholic canon. The

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of 1646), which has been well established for centuries, with many today supporting the use of the Apocrypha and others contending against the Apocrypha using various arguments.

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but almost universally rejected by Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants—include several gospels and lives of apostles. Some were written by early Jewish Christians (see the

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uses this term to refer to a class of books that were added to its canon later than the other books in its Old Testament canon, considering them all of equal authority.

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has been an issue of disagreement that preceded the Reformation. Many believe that the pre-Christian-era Jewish translation (into Greek) of holy scriptures known as the

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from known or accepted origins, subsequently being followed by official affirmation of what had become largely established through the study and debate of the writings.

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defined the word as meaning simply "obscurity of origin", implying that any book of unknown authorship or questionable authenticity would be considered apocryphal.

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In all places where a reading from the deuterocanonical books (The Apocrypha) is listed, an alternate reading from the canonical Scriptures has also been provided.

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was also applied to writings that were hidden not because of their divinity but because of their questionable value to the church. The early Christian theologian

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who preferred the Hebrew canon, whereas Augustine and others preferred the wider (Greek) canon, with both having followers in the generations that followed. The

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In the 16th century, the Protestant reformers challenged the canonicity of the books and partial-books found in the surviving Septuagint but not in the

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are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In

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Paper and printing were expensive and early publishers were able to hold down costs by eliminating the Apocrypha once it was deemed secondary material.

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in his Old Testament, terming them "Apocrypha, that are books which are not considered equal to the Holy Scriptures, but are useful and good to read."

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is here practically equivalent to "excluded from the public use of the church" and prepares the way for an even less favourable use of the word.

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perplexity as to their exact standing, and among those we note St. Thomas Aquinas. Few are found to unequivocally acknowledge their canonicity.

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church in the interpretation of how it was done. Those differences (in matters of jurisdictional authority) were contributing factors in the

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have rejected Hadith. There are some who even oppose the writing of Hadith for fear that it will compete with or even replace the Quran.

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accepts the Protestant Apocrypha "for instruction in life and manners, but not for the establishment of doctrine (Article VI in the

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include the deuterocanonical books as an intertestamental section between the Old Testament and New Testament; they are termed the "

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wedding ceremonies include "the retelling of the marriage of Tobias and Sarah in the Apocrypha". The fathers of Anabaptism, such as

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Lutherans and Anglicans used it only for ethical / devotional matters but did not consider it authoritative in matters of faith.

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This article is about the general concept of apocryphal literature. For the section found in some Bibles called Apocrypha, see

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and others cited some apocryphal books as "scripture", "divine scripture", "inspired", and the like. Teachers connected with

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as unworthy to be properly called scripture, but included most of them in a separate section. Luther did not include the

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comprise the Protestant Apocrypha, first published as such in Luther's Bible (1534). Many of these texts are considered

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The first ecclesiastical decree on the Catholic Church's canonical books of the Sacred Scriptures is attributed to the

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Slightly varying collections of apocryphal, deuterocanonical or intertestamental books of the Bible form part of the

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knowledge considered too profound or too sacred to be disclosed to anyone other than the initiated. For example, the

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alludes to a story in the book of Enoch, and some believe the use of this book also appears in the four gospels and

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canon accepted by the author. A related term for non-canonical apocryphal texts whose authorship seems incorrect is

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In the present-day, "English Bibles with the Apocrypha are becoming more popular again", usually being printed as

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are taken from the Apocrypha", with these lessons being "read in the same ways as those from the Old Testament".

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Protestant Bibles are printed with 80 books in three sections: the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament.

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writing not found in the common and published books on one hand actually found in the secret ones on the other

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refers to texts and even items produced by ancient Chinese sages as apocryphal and studied their uses during

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In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture

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uses a different definition than the Roman Catholic Church does for the books of its canon that it calls

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wedding ceremonies include "the retelling of the marriage of Tobias and Sarah in the Apocrypha". The

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to legitimize as well as curb imperial power. They deal with treasure objects that were part of the

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rejected the hadiths as the basis for Islamic law, while at the same time accepting the Sunnah and

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The prevailing attitude of Western medieval authors is substantially that of the Greek Fathers.

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A chronological list of early Christian books and letters, both complete and incomplete works;

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countries and have been retold with amendments to the plots to better reflect Buddhist morals.

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authorities labeled different books as apocrypha, treating them with varying levels of regard.

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followers also reject hadith as the basis for Islamic law, while simultaneously accepting the

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Church accepts four other books into its canon than what are contained in the Catholic canon:

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as it is the only one of these collections that works within a Jewish theological framework.

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stated that "the canonical books, as the Hebrews have handed them down, are twenty-two".

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The Septuagint as Christian Scripture : its prehistory and the problem of its canon

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Aisha Y. Musa, The Qur’anists, Florida International University, accessed May 22, 2013.

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Blocher, Henri (2004). "Helpful or Harmful? The "Apocrypha" and Evangelical Theology".

2144: 1662: 1639: 1387: 1288: 1273: 1252: 1184: 1117: 1089: 876: 620: 425: 369: 241: 216: 166: 135: 125: 86: 75: 1996: 444:, as sacred and canonical." The whole of the books in question, with the exception of 5364: 5086: 4895: 4764: 4630: 4557: 4552: 4547: 4527: 4497: 4395: 3743: 3733: 3640: 2963:

in academic writing, although not all apocryphal books are properly deuterocanonical.

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points out, however, that the scarcity of sources relating to the formation of early

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are held in high esteem by the Anabaptists, who faced persecution in their history.

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Orthodox Answer To a Question About Apocrypha, Canon, Deuterocanonical – Answer #39

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Seidel, Anna. "Imperial treasures and Taoist sacraments". In Strickmann, M. (ed.).

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Martin Luther did not class apocryphal books as being scripture, but in the German

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era China (1066–256 BC), these items came to be surpassed in value by texts by the

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make the exact link between the apocryphal texts and the Taoist beliefs unclear.

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through the continuity offered by his possession of these same sacred talismans.

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Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants all agree on the canon of the

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A General Introduction to the Bible: From Ancient Tablets to Modern Translations

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A General Introduction to the Bible: From Ancient Tablets to Modern Translations

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Church's canon is made difficult because of differences of perspective with the

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The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible

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Forgotten Scriptures: The Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings

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against some of the texts. Some were not accepted by the Jews as part of the

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has undergone a major change in meaning throughout the centuries. The word

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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books

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by Protestants. Three of these are recognized by Roman Catholics also as

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Other traditions maintained different customs regarding canonicity. The

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came to mean "of doubtful authenticity". This meaning also appears in

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Notes et extraits pour servir à l'histoire des croisades au XVe siècle

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Claims to be the largest collection of New Testament apocrypha online

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The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other Occasional Services

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canon and the Apocrypha is not part of the historical Jewish canon.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the

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were used as symbols legitimizing and guaranteeing the Emperor's

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Neal Robinson (2013), Islam: A Concise Introduction, Routledge,

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canon for the Old Testament, excluding apocryphal books in the

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Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance

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Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance

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Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch: Reconstruction after the Fall

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Old Testament books by the Catholic Church, affirmed by the

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Orthodox And Wesleyan Scriptural Understanding And Practice

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Henze, Matthias; Boccaccini, Gabriele (20 November 2013).

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as belonging with either Jewish or Christian testaments.

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Tantric and Taoist Studies in Honor of Rolf A. Stein, II

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A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume I (Part I: A -- Cyrus)

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New Testament Allusions to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

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The status of the books that the Catholic Church terms

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New Testament apocrypha—books similar to those in the

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Cajetan Responds: A Reader in Reformation Controversy

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included several of these books in the canons of the

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The Confession of Dositheus (Eastern Orthodox, 1672)

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Bromley, Geoffrey William, ed. (2009). "Apocrypha".

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authors or members of other groups later defined as

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of the Lutheran Churches and the Anglican Churches.

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Style Manual for the Society of Biblical Literature

3025:"References to the Apocrypha in the New Testament" 2829: 2509:"The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha Part 3" 1866: 1832: 2868:. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 298. 2721:. Forward Movement Publications. 1981. p. 5. 1953:Fourteen books and parts of books are considered 27:Works of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin 3445:. St Louis: B. Herder Book Co. pp. 270–271. 2187:Geisler, Norman L.; MacKenzie, Ralph E. (1995). 840:In the sixteenth century, during the Protestant 1224: 1083:The establishment of a largely settled uniform 681:. The Jewish apocrypha is distinctive from the 557: 337: 1951:. Pentecostal Publishing Company. p. 41. 1293:separation of the Roman Catholics and Orthodox 1165:(second canon) and Protestantism refers to as 1108:(382), and is correspondent to that of Trent. 1087:was a process of centuries, and what the term 665:, not accepted as sacred manuscripts when the 564:Though Protestant Bibles historically include 540:, among many other denominations, such as the 4363: 3887: 3765:Alin Suciu's blog on various Coptic apocrypha 2350: 2348: 2346: 2110: 2108: 2106: 2104: 2102: 2100: 1905:The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1448:was a prolific source of apocryphal gospels. 915:, which contains the intertestamental books; 487:, which contains the intertestamental books; 8: 3509:. London: Burns & Oates. pp. 16–17. 2930:. St Vladimir's Seminary Press. p. 23. 677:, and are included in their versions of the 50: 2998:Accordance Bible Software (December 2011). 2286: 2284: 2282: 2280: 1981:. Friends United Press. 1970. p. 141. 1278:Development of the Christian biblical canon 1065:, which are included in no biblical canon. 752:were said to have a secret literature (see 712:, to be authoritative. Some argue that the 339: 4604: 4370: 4356: 4348: 4043: 3988: 3894: 3880: 3872: 3868:. Many with links to English translations. 3688: 3686: 3521:Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent 2088: 3807:Christian Cyclopedia article on Apocrypha 3118: 3116: 3114: 2811:the books in the Anglican Apocrypha list 2231: 2229: 2086: 2084: 2082: 2080: 2078: 2076: 2074: 2072: 2070: 2068: 1973: 1971: 1969: 1440:, which are sometimes referred to as the 1008:is included in the biblical canon of the 3774:is in the religion section at the e.Lib. 3462:The Catholic University Press of America 2425: 2423: 2421: 2419: 800:The contents page in a complete 80 book 779: 412:and familiar with the Hebrew canon (the 226:boasted that they possessed the secret ( 3569:"The Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha" 3200:The Old Testament in Early Christianity 2404:The Apocrypha, Bridge of the Testaments 2191:. Baker Publishing Group. p. 171. 2092: 2051:. The Minerva Group, Inc. p. 116. 1824: 1784: 901:from the Apocrypha are included in the 824:List of books of the King James Version 3629:Development of the New Testament canon 3263:Davies, Philip R. (1 September 2013). 3215:A survey of Old Testament introduction 2648: 2259:deSilva, David A. (20 February 2018). 1898: 1896: 1731:priests are believed to have emerged. 1581:Itinerary and Teaching of the Apostles 1012:churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The 818:Development of the Old Testament canon 169:and is formed from the combination of 2864:McGrath, Alister (10 December 2008). 2464:"THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH" 1226:In the Latin Church, all through the 927:)", and many "lectionary readings in 883:(AD 382) and later reaffirmed by the 873:Fourteen out of eighty biblical books 645:Development of the Hebrew Bible canon 327:'s prologue to his commentary on the 7: 3617:, Question 3, CRI / Voice, Institute 3534:Hiers, Richard H. (1 October 2001). 3494:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 3443:Papal Legate At The Council Of Trent 3376:The Bible, the Church, and Authority 2582:"APOCRYPHA - JewishEncyclopedia.com" 1887:participating institution membership 1853:participating institution membership 1390:. The first explicit mention of the 1365:). Others of these were produced by 941:The Sunday Service of the Methodists 456:, were declared canonical at Trent. 134:(secret, or non-canonical) from the 5302:Other books referenced in the Bible 5261:New Testament manuscript categories 1222:states as regards the Middle Ages, 1063:Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 967:, although alternate Old Testament 4832:Testaments of the Three Patriarchs 3083:Willett, Herbert Lockwood (1910). 515:, and in the Sixth Article of the 460:doctrine should be based on them. 25: 3202:. Ada, MI: Baker. pp. 34–35. 2973:Clontz, T.E.; Clontz, J. (2008). 1657:Traditionally, some sects of the 1646:also rejected the hadiths, while 949:British and Foreign Bible Society 4332: 4331: 3795:LDS Bible Dictionary - Apocrypha 3725: 3479:. New York: Oxford. p. 180. 3477:An Introduction to the Apocrypha 2688:Ethiopian Orthodox Old Testament 2236:Wesner, Erik J. (8 April 2015). 45:The apocryphal letter of Sultan 5317:Biblical and Quranic narratives 3738:Charles, Robert Henry (1911). " 3310:from the original on 2022-10-09 3179:from the original on 2022-10-09 2975:The Comprehensive New Testament 2955:recommends the use of the term 2890:"The Revised Common Lectionary" 1475:have in the past also included 1363:Gospel according to the Hebrews 700:of the current 24 books in the 649:The Jewish apocrypha, known in 3850:New International Encyclopedia 3537:The Trinity Guide to the Bible 3490:Catholic Encyclopedia (1908). 3238:Biddle, Martin Hengel (2004). 3156:The Canon of the Old Testament 3129:. Baker Academic. p. 14. 3064:Coogan, Michael David (2007). 2537:The Tale of Prince Samuttakote 2379:. Baker Academic. p. 76. 2375:DeSilva, David Arthur (2002). 1949:The Story of the English Bible 1053:also show influences from the 280:Writings of questionable value 1: 2828:Anderson, Charles R. (2003). 2291:McDonald, Lee Martin (2009). 2216:"John Wycliffe's Translation" 1198:Early church fathers such as 765:Ethiopian Orthodox Christians 197:Esoteric writings and objects 3699:. Rowman & Littlefield. 3349:"Canon of the Old Testament" 3213:Archer, Jr, Gleason (2007). 2977:. Cornerstone Publications. 2836:. Psychology Press. p. 2732:Ewert, David (11 May 2010). 2560:Sengpan Pannyawamsa (2007). 2490:European Journal of Theology 2430:Ewert, David (11 May 2010). 1918:Ewert, David (11 May 2010). 1615:Gospel According to Barnabas 177: 171: 158: 146: 3378:. Collegeville, Minnesota: 3355:. The Catholic Encyclopedia 2957:deuterocanonical literature 2719:Readings from the Apocrypha 2014:Webb, Diana Barton (2010). 1685:Prophetic texts called the 1618:Gospel According to Matthew 1392:perpetual virginity of Mary 631:from ancient temple walls. 96:In Christianity, the name " 5397: 5297:English Bible translations 4685:Song of the Three Children 4237:Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3858:EarlyChristianWritings.com 3693:Sindima, Harvey J (2017). 3505:Tavard, George H. (1959). 3492:Canon of the Old Testament 3090:. Howard-Severance Company 3068:. Oxford, United Kingdom: 2693:December 31, 2007, at the 2586:www.jewishencyclopedia.com 2364:. J. Kershaw. p. 136. 2329:"The Thirty-Nine Articles" 1947:Wells, Preston B. (1911). 1922:. Zondervan. p. 104. 1410:The Epistle to the Hebrews 1350: 1072: 821: 807: 638: 604: 357: 307: 297: 257:China (AD 220–589). These 228: 207: 152: 150:, (private) from the verb 140: 36:Apocrypha (disambiguation) 29: 5335: 4327: 4247:Massacre of the Innocents 4015:Lectio difficilior potior 3421:"Athanasius on the Canon" 3395:"THE DECRETUM GELASIANUM" 3098:– via Google Books. 3004:Accordance Bible Software 2675:December 6, 2007, at the 2145:"apocryphal - Definition" 1874:Oxford English Dictionary 1840:Oxford English Dictionary 1079:Christian biblical canons 961:Revised Common Lectionary 929:The Book of Common Prayer 708:, which they believe was 704:, they also consider the 696:believe in the exclusive 470:Epistle of the Laodiceans 319:In general use, the word 124:The word's origin is the 3507:Holy Writ or Holy Church 3123:Wegner, Paul D. (2004). 2924:Kimbrough, S.T. (2005). 2767:Introduction to Theology 2047:Hastings, James (2014). 1997:"Apocrypha - Definition" 1805:Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 661:, especially during the 553:Orthodox Anglican Church 244:, pp. 10, 27, 44). 5159:Intertestamental period 3976:Comparative linguistics 3834:The American Cyclopædia 3778:Noncanonical Literature 3749:Encyclopædia Britannica 3611:Dennis Bratcher (ed.), 3475:Metzger, Bruce (1957). 3070:Oxford University Press 2670:The Old Testament Canon 2410:August 9, 2007, at the 2131:Commentaries on Matthew 1879:Oxford University Press 1845:Oxford University Press 1561:Apocalypse of Zechariah 1556:Apocalypse of Zephaniah 1399:Infancy Gospel of James 1353:New Testament apocrypha 1347:New Testament apocrypha 1041:and many others of the 814:Intertestamental period 683:New Testament apocrypha 293:Commentaries on Matthew 5143:Apocalyptic literature 4780:Paralipomena of Baruch 3999:Contextual credibility 3817:Canon Comparison Chart 3789:Deuterocanonical books 3680:, Chapter 7, pp. 85-89 3441:Jedin, Hubert (1947). 3419:bible-researcher.com. 2655:: CS1 maint: others ( 2611:jewishencyclopedia.com 2534:Hudak, Thomas (1993). 2016:Forgotten women of God 1979:Quaker Life, Volume 11 1611:Didascalia of Polycarp 1606:Didascalia of Ignatius 1438:The Shepherd of Hermas 1386:and details about the 1233: 1126:deuterocanonical books 957:intertestamental books 897:(1672). To this date, 805: 793: 776:Intertestamental books 710:handed down from Moses 570:Westminster Confession 562: 546:Quaker Yearly Meetings 435:In 1546, the Catholic 360:Deuterocanonical books 351: 340: 335:translation survives: 130: 60: 51: 34:. For other uses, see 5376:Christian terminology 5307:Additional Scriptures 5271:New Testament uncials 4225:Sources and parallels 3801:Aldenicum The Trilogy 3783:Complete NT Apocrypha 3740:Apocryphal Literature 3598:14 March 2012 at the 3456:Wicks, Jared (1978). 3301:Gordon Faculty Online 3198:Ellis, E. E. (1992). 2706:Encyclopaedia Judaica 2163:"Origen on the Canon" 1766:Shakespeare apocrypha 1703:Warring States period 1601:Didascalia of Clement 1220:Catholic Encyclopedia 1039:Clement of Alexandria 982:who do not recognize 822:Further information: 799: 783: 381:Clement of Alexandria 89:, a term that means " 44: 5292:Bible version debate 5266:New Testament papyri 5212:Samaritan Pentateuch 4837:Testament of Abraham 4775:1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan 4318:Vaticinium ex eventu 4059:Acts of the Apostles 4021:Multiple attestation 3334:bible-researcher.com 2018:. Bonneville Books. 1546:Apocalypse of Elijah 925:Thirty-Nine Articles 663:Second Temple period 653:as הספרים החיצונים ( 331:, of which only the 268:From their roots in 5234:Muratorian fragment 5169:New Testament canon 5164:Old Testament canon 5057:Chapters and verses 4675:Additions to Daniel 4641:Additions to Esther 3961:Cognitive philology 3153:(1 November 2008). 2515:on 13 December 2015 2468:BibleResearcher.com 2167:BibleResearcher.com 2151:. 20 February 2024. 2149:merriam-webster.com 2001:merriam-webster.com 1877:(Online ed.). 1843:(Online ed.). 1586:Epistle of Barnabas 1576:Apocalypse of Peter 1551:Ascension of Isaiah 1536:Assumption of Moses 1430:Epistle of Barnabas 1314:Epistle of Jeremiah 1241:Decretum Gelasianum 1059:Assumption of Moses 1027:Epistle of Barnabas 984:Hellenistic Judaism 965:liturgical calendar 655:Sefarim Hachizonim: 181:(hide or conceal). 4847:Testament of Jacob 4842:Testament of Isaac 4727:Prayer of Manasseh 4690:Bel and the Dragon 4670:Letter of Jeremiah 4287:Hadith terminology 3922:Biblical criticism 3380:Fordham University 3374:Lienhard, Joseph. 3303:. 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