Apocrypha Definition & Meaning
apocrypha
- noun
- 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
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"jerome apocrypha"
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"books of the apocrypha"
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"origin of the apocrypha"
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- What does apocrypha mean?
- 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
- What part of speech is apocrypha?
- Apocrypha is a noun.