APOCRYPHA
(See also Bible Canon; Councils; Pseudepigrapha)
Bible complete without: g85 12/8 16-19; ad 87; w69 249; w63 251-253; w61 582-583; g61 4/22 9-10; w60 82-83; lg 50-51; el 76; g44 8/2 28; g42 10/14 20-21, 24
Council of Carthage: w60 595; g59 12/22 27; w55 293; lg 50; g44 7/19 24
Council of Trent: w60 81; g45 6/20 7; g44 7/19 25-26; g37 1/13 253
Coverdale’s Bible: w60 82
definition: ad 87; w60 81; lg 51; ep 85; tf 208
discussion: w75 414-415; w73 601-602; ad 87-90; w60 81-86; ep 85-96
early Christian catalogs: ep 43
Ethiopian Church: w77 727
Gnostic writings: g85 12/8 16-18
Jerome’s comments on: g77 2/8 12; w75 414
Josephus’ comments on: w75 414
list of books: w60 81-82
Protestant Bibles: w60 82; g42 6/10 12-13
Septuagint: ad 87; w60 82, 595; g59 12/22 26; w55 293; lg 51; w49 37; ep 37, 39, 91, 93; g44 7/19 24
time of writing: w60 82; ep 85-90
Vatican Council (1870): g42 6/10 12; g42 10/14 21
Vulgate: w60 82
Wycliffe’s Bible: w60 82
List by Name
Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian: g64 1/22 27-28
Apocalypse of Elias, The: w79 1/15 31
Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour, The: g64 1/22 28
Ascension and Vision of Isaiah, The: w79 1/15 31
Daniel (additions to): ad 87, 416
Bel and the Dragon: ad 87, 89, 416; w60 86; ep 95; g37 1/13 250
Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children: ad 87, 89, 416; w60 85; ep 94-95
Susanna: ad 87, 89, 416; w60 85-86; ep 95
Ecclesiasticus: ad 87, 89; w60 84-85; ep 94
Esther (additions to): ad 87-88; w60 85; ep 93
Ezra III: ad 558
Ezra IV: ad 558
Gospel of Philip: g85 12/8 18
Gospel of Thomas: g85 12/8 16; g64 1/22 28
Judith: ad 87-88; ns 90; w60 85; ep 92-93; g37 1/13 250
Maccabees, First: w84 11/1 31; ad 87, 89; w60 83; ep 95-96; g37 1/13 250
Maccabees, Second: g75 1/22 28; ad 87, 89-90; w61 582; w60 83-84; ep 96; g37 1/13 250
Tobit: ad 87-88; w60 85; ep 91-92; g37 1/13 250
Wisdom of Solomon: ad 87-89; w60 84; ep 93-94
Quotations
books should be avoided: w55 293; ep 85
falsehoods make them of no canonical authority: w58 361-362
variance with divine revelation: g37 1/13 250