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Apocrypha

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Apocrypha (Greek: ἀπόκρυφος, "hidden"; singular: Apocryphon) are books or other works of literature from the times of the Bible that are not accepted universally as canonical. Apocrypha (Greek: ἀπόκρυφος, "hidden"; singular: Apocryphon) are books or other works of literature from the times of the Bible that are not accepted universally as canonical.

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Apocryphal texts by denomination

Catholicism

The Roman Catholic Church considers the following books as apocryphal:

These are the three uncanonical books appended to the official edition of the Vulgate.

Protestantism

Protestant denominations traditionally include deuterocanonical books, which are accepted as canonical by Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, in their definition of Apocrypha.

The following books are regarded as apocryphal by most, if not all, Protestant denominations:

As well as:

Universal Old Testament Apocrypha

Apocalypses

Legendary Apocrypha

Apocryphal psalms and prayers

Philosophy

With Christian accretions

New Testament Apocrypha

Apocryphal gospels

Judaistic and Gnostic gospels

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Apocryphal epistles

Apostolic apocrypha

Miscellany

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