Apocrypha excluded unjustly?
No matter what your background whether you are Protestant or Catholic, you know what the Apocrypha is. Or you might just know what you have been told by family, friends, or church. This paper will present evidence for the validity of either sides so the reader can make the decision for him/herself and not be instructed by their church leaders. Apocrypha comes from the Greek work Apokcrufa meaning unknown or hidden. The Roman Catholic Church refers to the books that failed to meet the Protestants standard for canonical literature is referred to as deuteron-canonical, by the Protestants it is known as the Apocrypha. In order for a piece of literature to be accepted as canonical scripture it mast pass certain ideologies, such as: is it authoritative, did it come from the will of God; is it prophetic, did it come from a man of God; is it authentic, the early fathers of Christianity and Judaism had the policy of “If in doubt, throw it out,” though this decreased the validity of those books which had already met the standards of the church councils; is it dynamic, did it come with the lime transforming power of God; was it received, collected, read, and used by the people of God. In the history of the Apocrypha there was one
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