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The Protestant canon was formulated by [[Martin Luther]], the Catholic by the [[Council of Trent]].  The [[Catholic Church]] includes the Apocrypha as part of the [[Old Testament]] and accepts those books as scripture.  For some time the [[King James Bible]] contained apocryphal books in a separate section.  The [[Episcopal Church]] includes the books of the Apocrypha in the cycle of scripture readings in its services, but holds that the apocryphal books are useful for study and edification, but not for doctrine.  Most Protestant churches do not use the Apocrypha as scripture at all.

The Protestant canon was formulated by [[Martin Luther]], the Catholic by the [[Council of Trent]].  The [[Catholic Church]] includes the Apocrypha as part of the [[Old Testament]] and accepts those books as scripture.  For some time the [[King James Bible]] contained apocryphal books in a separate section.  The [[Episcopal Church]] includes the books of the Apocrypha in the cycle of scripture readings in its services, but holds that the apocryphal books are useful for study and edification, but not for doctrine.  Most Protestant churches do not use the Apocrypha as scripture at all.

Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include the books of [[Maccabees]], [[Esdras]] and [[Tobit]].

Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include, but are not limited to, the books of [[Maccabees]], [[Esdras]] and [[Tobit]].

Western art continued to make reference to Apocryphal subjects long after they were deemed apocryphal - the story of [[Judith]] and [[Holophernes]] was popular with painters, whilst [[Handel]] wrote an opera, [[Judas Maccabeus]] based on the books of [[Maccabees]].

Western art continued to make reference to Apocryphal subjects long after they were deemed apocryphal - the story of [[Judith]] and [[Holophernes]] was popular with painters, whilst [[Handel]] wrote an opera, [[Judas Maccabeus]] based on the books of [[Maccabees]].