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apocrypha n. 经外书;伪经;可疑文件 经外书;伪经;可疑文件 Apocrypha n 1: 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 statusApocrypha \ A* poc" ry* pha\, n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. { Apocryphas}. [ L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. ? hidden, spurious, fr. ? to hide; ? from ? to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [ Obs.] -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly ? mitted from the King James' s Bible. [ 1913 Webster] Apocrypha hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from them in the sixteenth century, but which have no claim to be regarded as in any sense parts of the inspired Word. ( 1.) They are not once quoted by the New Testament writers, who frequently quote from the LXX. Our Lord and his apostles confirmed by their authority the ordinary Jewish canon, which was the same in all respects as we now have it. ( 2.) These books were written not in Hebrew but in Greek, and during the " period of silence," from the time of Malachi, after which oracles and direct revelations from God ceased till the Christian era. ( 3.) The contents of the books themselves show that they were no part of Scripture. The Old Testament Apocrypha consists of fourteen books, the chief of which are the Books of the Maccabees ( q. v.), the Books of Esdras, the Book of Wisdom, the Book of Baruch, the Book of Esther, Ecclesiasticus, Tobit, Judith, etc. The New Testament Apocrypha consists of a very extensive literature, which bears distinct evidences of its non- apostolic origin, and is utterly unworthy of regard.
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