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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 ...
It was at one point possibly considered canonical by the Coptic Orthodox Church [1] [2] and Eastern Orthodox Church. [3] 1 and 2 Clement were included in some Bibles, such as the Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Hierosolymitanus, but are not included by active churches in the modern New Testament and is classified by them as New Testament apocrypha.
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 Greek Gospel of the Egyptians, distinct from the later, wholly Gnostic Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians, is believed to have been written in the second quarter of the 2nd century. It was cited in Clement of Alexandria's work, the Stromata, where quotations provide many of the brief excerpts that are all that remain. Additionally, Hippolytus ...
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.
1) The Gospel of the Ebionites ("GE") – 7 quotations by Epiphanius. 2) The Gospel of the Hebrews ("GH") – 1 quotation ascribed to Cyril of Jerusalem, plus GH 2–7 quotations by Clement, Origen, and Jerome. 3) The Gospel of the Nazarenes ("GN") – GN 1 to GN 23 are mainly from Jerome; GN 24 to GN 36 are from medieval sources.
Craig Evans argues that Smith before the discovery had published three studies, in 1951, [296] 1955 [297] and 1958, [298] in which he discussed and linked "(1) "the mystery of the kingdom of God" in Mark 4:11, (2) secrecy and initiation, (3) forbidden sexual, including homosexual, relationships and (4) Clement of Alexandria". [299]