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One reader of my blog pointed out to me the word APOCRYPHAL is a perfect anagram of HAPPY LORCA.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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In recent years APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE, such as the Gospel of Thomas, has become popular among alternate religious GROUPS and has formed a basis for many NEW AGE BELIEFS.
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_Illuminations_ of missals and monastic MSS. -- receive immediate elucidation on reference to the APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT, and are without explanation from any other source.
The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers Anonymous
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THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT, Being all the Gospels, Epistles, and other pieces now extant, attributed in the first four centuries to
The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers Anonymous
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Gelasii_, of an apocryphal Gospel of Barnabas (see APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE), but we have no knowledge of its contents.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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They naturally assume the title of the APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT; and he who possesses this and the New Testament, has, in the two volumes, a collection of all the Historical Records relative to Christ and his Apostles, now in existence, and considered sacred by Christians during the first four centuries after his birth.
The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers Anonymous
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See also APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE, section "New Testament."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, being the gospels and epistles used by the followers of Christ in the first three centuries after his death, and rejected by the Council of Nice, A.D.
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The APOCRYPHAL BOOKS belong between the closing of the Old-Testament canon and the New Testament.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE APOCRYPHAL COLLECTIONS
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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