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Apocrypha

noun

1 Apocrypha

14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status.

Dutch: apocriefe boeken
Polish: apokryf, pseudoepigraf

Roget 985: revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany, theopneusty.    Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel.    ... show more


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