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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
- n. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. - John Locke.
Etymologies
- Middle English apocripha, not authentic, from Late Latin Apocrypha, the Apocrypha, from Greek Apokrupha, neuter pl. of apokruphos, secret, hidden, from apokruptein, to hide away : apo-, apo- + kruptein, kruph-, to hide.
Examples
“Little did these people know that apocrypha is apocryphal for a good reason, and not because it's dangerous (though I'm sure the Catholic Church saw it as such).”
“Thus, in the first Christian centuries, the so-called apocrypha (q.v.) above all other books appeared to the faithful as libri non recipiendi, books which were on no account to be used.”
“These writings are called apocrypha because their divine origin is in doubt.”
Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
“Notwithstanding that we have taken so much pains to show that the books called apocrypha, are not canonical, we wish to avoid the opposite extreme of regarding them as useless, or injurious.”
“We can form anonymous collectives that work after the manner of what Kent refers to as apocrypha (feneon, Edgar Allen Poe, etc.).”
“just so you know, people of the world, the "apocrypha" is not a catholic thing. it's not in the catholic bible. it's not catholic. in fact, the apocrypha is the very definition of "not catholic". nothing could be less catholic than the apocrypha.”
“Hell, I'd argue that I'm looking at a meta-narrative which is of a * still larger* scope anyway, including non-canonical monotheist texts such as apocrypha or the writings of Christian apologists, and even external material like Sumerian myth; these provide historical, philosophical, sociological and mythological context (s) which can (and should) have a major impact on our reading of the text.”
“These dreams form a kind of apocrypha to my main myth.”
The Skrayling Tree
“He was the first to omit the deuterocanonical books in the body of the Old Testament, adding them at the end as "apocrypha".”
“The ten fragments of the scroll were text from various books of the Bible, apocrypha, and non-Biblical texts, from 2000-2500 years ago.”
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away from; separate
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