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Apocrypha (/ ə ˈ p ɒ k r ɪ f ə /) are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. [1] In Christianity , the word apocryphal (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings that were to be read privately rather than in the public context ...
The Gospel of Basilides is the title given to a reputed text within the New Testament apocrypha, which is reported in the middle of the 3rd century as then circulating amongst the followers of Basilides (Βασιλείδης), a leading theologian of Gnostic tendencies, who had taught in Alexandria in the second quarter of the 2nd century.
The Protestant Apocrypha contains three books (1 Esdras, 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh) that are accepted by many Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches as canonical, but are regarded as non-canonical by the Catholic Church and are therefore not included in modern Catholic Bibles. [16]
The Gospel of Matthias was mentioned by Origen of Alexandria; [3] by Eusebius, [4] who attributes it to heretics; by Jerome, [5] and in the Decretum Gelasianum [6] which declares it apocryphal. It comes at the end of the list of the Biblical Canon in the Codex Baroccianus 206, formerly in the library of Francesco Barozzi ("Barocius") of Venice.
2.4.6 Other apocrypha. ... Christian theologians like Origen of Alexandria may have been using—or at least were ... 2 Esdras 1–2; 15–16 (5 and 6 Ezra or ...
The deuterocanonical books, [a] meaning 'of, pertaining to, or constituting a second canon', [1] collectively known as the Deuterocanon (DC), [2] are certain books and passages considered to be canonical books of the Old Testament by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Church, and the Church of the East.
3.2.1 New Testament apocrypha. 3.2.2 Other related ... because there is a tradition that seventy Jewish scribes compiled it in Alexandria. ... 2 Corinthians 11:1-4. 6–9
The Apocryphon of Ezekiel is an apocryphal book, written in the style of the Old Testament, as revelations of Ezekiel.It survives only in five fragments [1] including quotations in writings by Epiphanius, Clement of Rome and Clement of Alexandria, and the Chester Beatty Papyri 185. [2]