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	APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE - LoveToKnow Article on APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Turning now to the consideration the word apocryphal itself, we find that in its earliest use was applied in a laudatory sense to writings, (I) which were pt secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge rich was too profound or too tacred to be imparted to any save I initiated.
		Apocryph of JohnThis book, which is found in the Coptic S. referred to under Gospel of Mary and contains cosmological ;closures of Christ,is said to have formed the source of Irenaeus :ount of the Gnostics of Barbelus (i.
		From the latter it follows that in the Acts of Paul the death of Peter was recounted, (b) Apocryphal yd Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians and Epistle from the Corinthians 'to Paul.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AP/APOCRYPHAL_LITERATURE.htm (10071 words)

	Apocryphal Acts, General (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		One must not suppose from the foregoing that the Apocryphal Acts with their profusion of romantic and supernatural details were designed merely to exalt the personality of the apostles and to satisfy the prevalent desire for the marvelous.
		The Apocryphal Acts are permeated by this spirit, and their evident design is to confirm and spread confidence in this ascetic ideal by representing the apostles as the zealous advocates of it.
		It is noteworthy that the apocryphal correspondence with the Corinthians in the Acts of Paul was received as canonical in the Syrian and Armenian churches.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/609 (4589 words)

	Apocryphal New Testament
		The Apocryphal New Testament is an undefined group of early Christian writings similar in general form to the biblical books but not included in the canon of the Bible.
		The Apocryphal New Testament is a substantial collection of works that were published under the names of apostolic writers during the second and subsequent centuries.
		Apocryphal epistles are not so numerous because it was harder to fabricate them to have any appearance of authenticity.
	www.mb-soft.com /believe/txo/apocryp.htm (964 words)

	Apocryphal Gospels (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		The apocryphal gospels form a branch of the apocryphal literature that attended the formation of the New Testament canon of Scripture.
		This is not the place for entering upon an account of the controversy; it may be sufficient here to say that the traditional positions of the church have been ably defended, and in particular, that the claims of the canonical Gospels have been abundantly maintained.
		The aim of the apocryphal gospels may be regarded as (1) heretical or (2) supplemental or legendary: that is to say, such as either were framed in support of some heresy or such as assume the canonical gospels and try to make additions--largely legendary--to them.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/612 (4285 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apocrypha
		The existence of an apocryphal composition bearing this name in Christian antiquity had long been known by references to it in certain early patristic writers who intimate that it originated or was current among Christians of Docetic views.
		Hence arose a considerable apocryphal Pilate literature, of which the Gospel of Gamaliel really forms a part, and like this latter apocryphon, it is characterized by exaggerating Pilate's weak defence of Jesus into strong sympathy and practical belief in His divinity.
		Much of their apocryphal matter was taken up by the offices of the Apostles in the Latin breviaries and lectionaries, composed in the seventh and eighth centuries at an extremely uncritical period.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01601a.htm (13331 words)

	Apocrypha
		There are also he Apocryphal acts which constitute a large number of legendary accounts of the journeys and heroics of the New Testament apostles --- Leucian Acts, Acts of John, Acts of Andrew, Acts of Paul, Acts of Peter (this apocryphal work teaches Peter was crucified upside down), Acts of Thomas.
		There are also prophetic New Testament apocryphal works; those are as follows: Apocalypse of Peter (deals with terror suffered by those in hell), the Apocalypse of Paul, the Apocalypse of James, the Apocalypse of Stephen, the Apocalypse of Thomas, and the Apocalypse of the Virgin Mary.
		Other New Testament era apocryphal works include the Agrapha (a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus), the Preaching of Peter, the Clementine of Homilies and Recognitions, the Apocryphon of John, the Apocryphon of James, and certain Gnostic writings such as the Pistis Sophia, the Wisdom of Jesus, and the Books of Jeu.
	crl.i8.com /Essays/Apocryph.html (1432 words)

	A Brief History of the Apocrypha
		The second group of apocryphal books, namely 1 and 2 Esdras, Baruch, Prayer of Manasseh, and the Additions to Daniel, Carlstadt declared to be filled with ridiculous puerilities worthy of the censor's ban, and therefore to be contemptuously discarded.
		In England, though Protestants were unanimous in declaring that the apocryphal books were not to be used to establish any doctrine, differences arose as to the proper use and place of non-canonical books.
		The omission of the sheets containing the Apocrypha was presumably due to those responsible for binding the copies, for the titles of the apocryphal books occur in the table of contents at the beginning of the edition.
	www.gnte.org /ecopub/apocrypha.htm (5371 words)

	What are the Apocryphal Gospels? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Apocryphal Gospels are the more than 100 ancient writings about Jesus which the Catholic Church does not include in the New Testament.
		The Apocryphal Gospels describe incredible miracles, the apostles' "biographies", and descriptions of the Afterlife.
		Another popular Apocryphal Gospel is the Gospel of Thomas which was found in 1945 in upper Egypt and which has aided modern scholars' study of the New Testament.
	www.saginaw.org /bible4.htm (267 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: apocryphal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1959 he told Walter Gutman that he first started writing when he was three years old, but that his sister threw away all his childhood writings one day when she cleaned out the attic.
		This sounds apocryphal as it is unlikely that he could read or write at that tender age, and if he could he would certainly have told us.
		Apocryphal ultimately derives from Greek apokruphos, hidden (hence, spurious), from apokruptein, to hide away, from apo-, away, from + kruptein, to hide.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2000/12/18.html (174 words)

	Search Results for "apocryphal" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		...An apocryphal story involving incidents of the recent past, often including elements of humor and horror, that spreads quickly and is popularly believed to be true....
		...two of which correspond to Ezra and Nehemiah and the second two of which were rejected as apocryphal but are sometimes included as an appendix to the New Testament...
		Although this story is almost surely apocryphal, it is true that bigot was used by the French as a term of abuse...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=apocryphal&x=10&y=9 (233 words)

	False biblical writings
		The intertestamental period also spawned a whole series of writings, some of which are genuine, and have been accepted as such by the Catholic Church (although not by the various Protestant groupings or Judaism), but more too which have turned out to be false, although often well-intentioned.
		The apocryphal Old Testament books arose in the second century BC., and can be said to have had a threefold purpose.
		A partial listing of apocryphal Gospels indicates how popular this form of imitation was; the Gospel of the Ebionites, the Gospel according to the Hebrews, the Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Gospel of Bartholomew, the Gospel of Matthias, the Gospel of Barnabus, and even the Gospel of Judas!
	www.theotokos.org.uk /pages/appdisce/falsewri.html (651 words)

	Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: Apocryphal Acts of John, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		JAN N. BREMMER (ed.), The Apocryphal Acts of John (Studies on the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles 1; Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1995).
		Bremmer, who does affirm "a certain 'liberating' effect" of the apocryphal acts, also makes some sage observations about the date and provenance of the Acts of John and tears large holes in the claims of apologists about miracles and exorcisms in the first two centuries.
		His general thesis is that the speeches in apocryphal acts are more apologetic and "horizontal," those of the canonical Book of Acts more "vertical" and kerygmatic.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_199701/ai_n8744118 (842 words)

	What are the apocryphal books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The "Old Testament Apocrypha" are believed to have been written during the period of 200 B.C. to 100 A.D. Some of perhaps the better known are "The Wisdom of Solomon", "The Additions to the Book of Esther", and "The First and Second Maccabees".
		The "Catholic Bible" often has twelve of these apocryphal books interspersed among and attached to the undisputed thirty-nine books of the Hebrew scriptures, I understand.
		Why the apocryphal books are not considered part of the sacred canon.
	www.biblequestions.org /Archives/BQ101498.htm (272 words)

	The Apocryphal Books
		The Council of Trent was an attempt by the Catholic Church to counteract the Protestant Reformation with its battle cry of "faith alone" and "Scripture alone." By adding the Apocrypha to the canon of Scripture, the Catholic Church, in effect, rendered the rest of the Bible impotent.
		The Apocryphal writings are not quoted by the Lord Jesus or the Apostles, while every part of the O.T. Scriptures are quoted.
		Though some of the Apocryphal books do have historical value, giving information regarding the inter-testament "quiet years" prior to the coming of Christ, there is no justification for giving these a place in the Holy Scripture.
	www.biblebelievers.net /BibleVersions/kjcapocr.htm (1876 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ESTHER, APOCRYPHAL BOOK OF: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The author of the apocryphal Esther speaks of two conspiracies against Artaxerxes, and says that Mordecai preceded Esther in coming to court.
		1 she took off the garments she had worn at divine service; in the apocryphal version (iii.
		This letter was taken to Egypt by Dositheus—who called himself a priest and Levite (?)—and his son Ptolemy, who maintained that it was the original (Apocr.
	jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=484&letter=E (3454 words)

	HDS - CSWR - Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The framework for the collection is provided by an introduction to the deliberate task of editing, translating, and interpreting apocryphal and hagiographic narratives on the apostles and the first Christians.
		Three essays are devoted to issues of transmission, tracing the lines between oral and written texts and examining the reworking of texts as, over time, they served different functions in the religious lives of the communities.
		He is the author of New Testament Traditions and Apocryphal Narratives (1995) and is coauthor or coeditor of Écrits apocryphes chrétiens (1997), Actes de l'apôtre Philippe (1996), and Les Actes apocryphes des apôtres.
	www.hds.harvard.edu /cswr/publications/apocryphal_acts.html (433 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This CATS graduate seminar, open to three masters level students, is a literary, historical, and theological study of the corpus of early Christian literature known as the Apocryphal New Testament.
		Special attention will be given to the critical textual problems of this literature, to the place and function of this literature in second century Christianity, and to the history of scholarship on this literature.
		Knowledge of the Apocryphal New Testament also contributes to one's understanding of the theological and spiritual heritage of the church.
	www.fuller.edu /sot/ecds/001/NS540-NT822_Scholer.html (228 words)

	Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Klauck's approach in Apocryphal Gospels differs from, and is superior to, other recent introductory treatments of noncanonical Christian literature in several ways.
		First, he limits himself to a manageable corpus of literature-only texts that are similar to the NT Gospels are surveyed, no apocryphal acts, letters, or apocalypses.
		Recent investigations of Irish apocryphal traditions have shed light on each of these texts, but K. does not seem to be aware of that work.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_200410/ai_n9453552 (754 words)

	What About Apocryphal Literature? - Does God Exist? - MarApr98
		We mentioned at the beginning that there is need to divide apocryphal literature on the basis of its relationship to either the Old Testament or the New Testament.
		Add to this the fact that the apocryphal literature is generally very fanciful and in some cases ridiculous.
		Although we recognize under the heading of apocryphal literature these books associated with the New Testament, nevertheless, it is the group of 12 extra writings included in the Roman Catholic Bible which has caused most of the controversy.
	www.doesgodexist.org /MarApr98/WhatAboutApocryphalLiterature.html (1107 words)

	Apocryphal Literature
		Apocryphal writings are basically literature that did not make it into the canon of Scripture.
		Some apocryphal writings have been deemed heretical while others just were not meant to be included in the canon.
		I hope that the overview provided here can help you at least get an understanding of what the early church may have been like.
	www.communityfirst.cc /chris/documents/apocryphal.html (150 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO THE APOCRYPHA, NRSV BIBLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Bible in a modern vernacular language to segregate the apocryphal books from the others was the Dutch Bible published by Jacob van Liesveldt in 1526 at Antwerp.
		In England, though Protestants were unanimous in declaring that the apocryphal books were not to be used to establish any doctrine, differences arose as to the proper use and place of noncanonical books.
		For example, what seem to be literary echoes from the Wisdom of Solomon are present in Paul's Letter to the Romans (cf Rom 1.20-29 with Wis 13.5, 8; 14.24, 27; and Rom 9.20-23 with Wis 12.12, 20; 15.7) and in his correspondence with the Corinthians (compare 2 Cor 5.1, 4 with Wis 9.15).
	www.anova.org /sev/es/intro_ap.htm (3999 words)

	~ The Apocryphal Books Of The Catholic Bible ~
		Also, some of these apocryphal books have been made into a single book, such as Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah.
		For example, the apocryphal book called Bel and the Dragon was made into the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Daniel.
		In conclusion, while these apocryphal books do give us some insight about the events that occurred during the period between the Old and New Testaments, they are definitely not the Word of God.
	home1.gte.net /thetruth77/apocryphalbooks.html (542 words)

	Philosophical Poetry » Apocryphal Pining: Introduction and Baruch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because I often use the NET Bible, I have used their translations of some books of the Apocrypha as my starting point for study.
		I realize that there are more books than just these included in some Apocryphal lists, and when I run out of NET translations, I expect I’ll turn elsewhere online.
		The traditional Catholic view of the deuterocanonical books (I’m not sure how widespread or official it is today) is that they were admitted into the canon as secondary books because they have turned out to be especially and uniquely useful as supplements for the teaching of the Church.
	danweasel.com /archives/2004/12/14/apocryphal-pining-introduction-and-baruch (1283 words)

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