Associations to the word «Apocrypha»
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Wiktionary
APOCRYPHA, noun. (obsolete) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
APOCRYPHA, proper noun. (plurale tantum) That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by other (namely by Protestants).
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.