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- noun Christianity Those
books of theNew Testament which were acknowledged ascanonical by the earlychurch ; distinguished fromAntilegomena .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek. See homologous.
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+ Homologoumena, or compositions universally received as sacred, the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The books disputed (Antilegomena), as distinguished from those universally recognized (Homologoumena), are Epistles Second Peter,
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Eusebius as universally acknowledged (Homologoumena), namely, the First
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Homologoumena or universally acknowledged from the first.
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It stands immediately after the Gospels, in the catalogues of the Homologoumena, or universally acknowledged books of the New Testament (see
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