Apocrypha

[ə'pɑkrɪfə]

解釋/意思:

(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.

阿尔玛編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.

(n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

編輯:波西亚

解釋/意思:

n. as applied to religious writings = (1) those suitable for the initiated only; (2) those of unknown date and origin; (3) those which are spurious—the term generally means the fourteen books or parts of books known as the Apocrypha of the Old Testament—found in the Septuagint but not the Hebrew or Palestinian canon:—(1) First or Third Esdras; (2) Second or Fourth Esdras; (3) Tobit; (4) Judith; (5) the parts of Esther not found in Hebrew or Chaldee; (6) The Wisdom of Solomon; (7) The Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus; (8) Baruch; (9) The Song of the Three Holy Children; (10) The History of Susannah; (11) Bel and the Dragon; (12) The Prayer of Manasses king of Judah; (13) First Maccabees; (14) Second Maccabees. The Apocryphal books of the New Testament as the Protevangelium of James the Gospel of Thomas the Gesta Pilati &c. stand on quite a different footing never having been accepted by any as canonical or in any way authoritative: hidden or secret things.—adj. Apoc′ryphal of doubtful authority.

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