Apocrypha means 'hidden things' in Greek. The Apocryphical books of the Bible fall into two categories: texts which were included in some canonical version of the Bible at some point, and other texts of a Biblical nature which have never been canonical im asking you guys today is these text inspired by the Almighty God or is these writings that are added to the text of the Almighty God
proof for both positions please so if you say its not inspired prove it and if you say its inspired prove it please and thank you God bless
Also this is a side question why do Jews have the authority to choose wat our canon is?
I can answer as an Anglican - and I acknowledge that Anglican views on these matters are not uniform.
There are a number of writings that are described as Apocryphal which might largely be described as largely Christian writings that were not included in the Canon of the New Testament, and these texts may well give us some insight into the life of the early church, and things that some early Christians were thinking, however they are not canonical.
There are a number of writings that were part of the Septuagint (LXX) and not part of the Masoretic Canon. Today these are referred to as the deuterocanonical texts. The LXX was in wide general use in synagogues during the later Macedonian and Early Roman Period. Many, perhaps most, of these works existed in Greek and not Hebrew. Post the destruction of the Temple and the expulsion of the Christians from the synagogues, the Jewish Community tightened up the canon of the Old Testament (for them scripture) so as to ensure that Christian writings did not make there way into the canon, and this is what gives rise tot he Masoretic Canon.
In the main when the New Testament Writers and Jesus himself as recorded, where they are quoting from the old testament they are referencing the LXX. The 27 books of the New Testament received as canonical are not a matter of great debate, and were are pretty much all agreed on them.
At the time of the reformation most of the reformers opted to use the Masoretic Canon for the Old Testament, no doubt for a number of reasons, some of which may have been about things they did not like in the text.
The Thirty Nine Articles of the Anglican Church list the deuterocanonical texts and specify that they may not be used to establish doctrine. Effectively this means that they are canonical (in that they are part of scripture) but at a 2nd level , hence deutero-canonical.
The KJV when originally published included the deuterocanonical texts and they appear (less frequently) in most Anglican lectionaries.
As to your side question, The Jews do not have authority to choose our canon, and neither would they want to. None the less, we are not opposed to the Jewish community, and understand ourselves standing in the continuity of faith as children of the faith of Abraham.
