apocrypha

• Nom propre désignant un ensemble de livres de l'Ancien Testament inclus dans la Vulgate (à l'exception du Second Livre d'Esdras) mais absents des versions juives et protestantes de la Bible ; les Églises chrétiennes orientales (sauf l'Église copte) les considèrent comme canoniques, tandis que l'Église orthodoxe russe les tient pour inspirés mais sans le même statut.

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.

indénombrable · nom propre

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.

   Apocryphes (livres deutérocanoniques)

   • 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.

   écrits apocryphes

   • 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.

   Synonymespseudepigrapha

   Antonymescanonscripture