apocrypha

• Nombre propio que designa un conjunto de 14 libros del Antiguo Testamento incluidos en la Vulgata (excepto 2 Esdras), pero omitidos en las versiones hebreas y protestantes de la Biblia; las iglesias cristianas orientales (excepto la copta) los consideran canónicos, mientras que la Iglesia ortodoxa rusa los tiene por inspirados pero no del mismo rango. También se usa en plural para referirse a escritos de autoría dudosa o no aceptados en el canon bíblico.

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.

incontable · nombre propio

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.

   Libros deuterocanónicos del Antiguo Testamento

   • 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.

   Escritos de dudosa autenticidad

   • 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.

   Sinónimospseudepigrapha

   Antónimoscanonscripture