The Apocrypha comprises those books not accepted as part of the Bible when the Hebrew canon was set, but which survived in the Greek scriptures. Early editions of the English Bible included the ...

It was the "Bible" for the Greek-speaking Jews ... 517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox ...

While some contain the usual 66 books, others contain more. The difference is known as the biblical apocrypha. Much like their name gives away, these texts are considered apocryphal by the Church ...

Until the sixteenth century, the Apocryphal books were an intrinsic part of the Bible, although often regarded as deuterocanonical, or of secondary importance. Martin Luther wrote that they were ...