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What does Apocrypha mean?

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  1. (plural only) That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants).
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A notable strength of the opening chapter is the author's summary of ecclesiastical uses of the Apocrypha.
The two animals warming the baby Jesus appeared in the Middle Ages, in the Apocrypha.
The libretto by Giacomo Cassetti is based on the story of Judith as told in the fourth book of the Apocrypha, and like other oratorios written for the Venetian conservatories, is in Latin rather than Italian.
Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.
He distinguishes between what Pullman has borrowed from the Apocrypha and details Pullman has invented for his narrative purposes.
In 1879 the Bishop went up the river to Wuchang, and began the translation of the Apocrypha.

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