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New Testament Apocrypha
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no, people have also tried to advocate for the canonicity of clement's letter to the corinthians, the didache and the shepard of hermas among others...Jay2004 said:Is the NT Apocrypha made up only of gnostic scripture?
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"New Testament Apocrypha" ...
Now there's a phrase I haven't heard in years and years. There really isn't any specific collection of books that is considered the New Testament Apocrypha, like the collection of Deuterocanonical books included in some Bibles, generally having been written during the Second Temple period, as the name seems to imply. Rather, for many years I have heard scholars only refer to specific books, or to categories of books, such as Gnostic gospels, infancy gospels, protogospels, acts of saints, Early Church Fathers, etc.
Now there's a phrase I haven't heard in years and years. There really isn't any specific collection of books that is considered the New Testament Apocrypha, like the collection of Deuterocanonical books included in some Bibles, generally having been written during the Second Temple period, as the name seems to imply. Rather, for many years I have heard scholars only refer to specific books, or to categories of books, such as Gnostic gospels, infancy gospels, protogospels, acts of saints, Early Church Fathers, etc.
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I agree Liz. it is odd terminology, though I understood the intent of the OP. Thanks for a bit of clarification.Crazy Liz said:
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PaladinValer said:No; much of the NT Apocrypha contains a great deal of Holy Tradition
What books, exactly, does it consist of?
I have seen so many different lists that the phrase seems to have become meaningless. That is why I think it is seldom used anymore.
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Basically, any NT-like book non-Canonized by the Church. Some of them are heretical and were obviouslly not accepted into the Canon. The rest were treated like supplimental information.
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I was wandering why they were left out of the bible?Like the book of enoch,ones like that.Is there a specific reason?Thanks
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