Apocrypha Definition

apocrypha
noun
  1. 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

"Apocrypha" in song lyrics

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  • "jerome apocrypha"
    AOL — AOL
  • "books of the apocrypha"
    AOL — AOL
  • "origin of the apocrypha"
    AOL — AOL

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