apocrypha
/uh-pok-ruh-fuh/US // əˈpɒk rə fə //UK // (əˈpɒkrɪfə) //
圣经,伪经,天书,伪书
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a group of 14 books, not considered canonical, included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate as part of the Old Testament, but usually omitted from Protestant editions of the Bible.
- : various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.
- : writings, statements, etc., of doubtful authorship or authenticity.Compare canon.
Examples
What was new to them was not the fact of the assumption but the detailed incidents with which the Apocrypha embroidered it.
In 1879 the Bishop went up the river to Wuchang, and began the translation of the Apocrypha.
The Prophets, the Hagiographa, and the Apocrypha were translated at various times during the succeeding three hundred years.
In the Apocrypha the animal itself, and its use in war, is mentioned; in the old Sanscrit writings it frequently appears.
Regarding these Apocrypha the attitude of the church changed a good deal during our period.
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