apocrypha

• Sammlung von 14 Büchern des Alten Testaments, die in die Vulgata aufgenommen, aber in jüdischen und protestantischen Bibelausgaben weggelassen wurden; einige christliche Kirchen erkennen sie als kanonisch an, während die Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche sie als inspiriert, aber nicht als gleichrangig ansieht. Im weiteren Sinne bezeichnet der Begriff auch nichtkanonische oder verborgen gehaltene religiöse Schriften.

A proper noun referring to a collection of 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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1. Biblical textsC2formal

   A collection of 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.

   Apokryphen

   • The Apocrypha includes books like Tobit and Judith.
   • Many Protestant Bibles do not include the Apocrypha.
   • Scholars debate the historical accuracy of the Apocrypha.

2. Writings of doubtful authenticityC2formal

   Writings or statements whose authorship or authenticity is uncertain or disputed.

   Apokryphen

   • The apocrypha of the early church includes many gospels not in the New Testament.
   • Historians often treat these texts as apocrypha due to lack of evidence.
   • The collection of apocrypha was excluded from the official canon.

   Synonymepseudepigrapha

   Antonymecanonscripture