Apocrypha — definition

1. Apocrypha (Noun)

Apocrypha (Noun) — 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 status.

religious text religious writing sacred text sacred writing 1 Esdras 1 Maccabees 2 Esdras 2 Maccabees Additions to Esther Baruch Bel and the Dragon Ben Sira Book of Baruch Book of Judith Book of Susanna Book of Tobit Ecclesiasticus Epistle of Jeremiah I Esdra I Maccabees II Esdras II Maccabees Judith Letter of Jeremiah • • • old testament Holofernes Judith