meaning of apocrypha
1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
2. Specif. : Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
3. 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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