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The '''Apocrypha''' refers to books of the Bible that are not considered part of the Biblical Canon - precisely which books varies between denominations.
The '''Apocrypha''' refers to books of the Bible that are not considered part of the Biblical Canon - precisely which books varies between denominations.
The Protestant canon of 66 books was originally formulated by [[Martin Luther]], the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] definitive final canon of 73 books was retained "as read by the Church" by the [[Council of Trent]]. This canon was listed by the [[Third Council of Carthage (397)]]. The Catholic Bible includes 27 books of the New Testament and 46 books "with all their parts" from the ancient [[Septuagint]] as used by the apostles and the early Christian church and included in [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] translation as part of the [[Old Testament]] and accepts those books as scripture. For some time the [[King James Bible]] contained those books deemed as apocryphal books in a separate section, between the Old Testament and the New Testament. 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 of 66 books was originally formulated by [[Martin Luther]], who removed several books and texts from the 73 books of the Old Testament as read by the Catholic Church and separated them as "apocryphal": the Apocrypha (plural, "apocrypha", singular "apocryphon"). The [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] definitive final canon of 73 books was retained "as read by the Church" by the [[Council of Trent]]. This same canon was listed by the [[Third Council of Carthage (397)]], and was the first canon of the books of the Bible to include all 27 books of the New Testament together. The Catholic Bible includes the 27 books of the New Testament and 46 Old Testament books "with all their parts" from the ancient [[Septuagint]] as used by the apostles and the early Christian church and included in [[Jerome]]'s [[Vulgate]] translation as part of the [[Old Testament]], and accepts those books as scripture. For some time the [[King James Bible]] contained those books which [[Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformers]] deemed as apocryphal books in a separate section, between the Old Testament and the New Testament. 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. Most Protestant Christians are unaware that numerous quotations from the Apocrypha are in the New Testament.
Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include (''titles as listed in Bibles printed in 1881''):
Books apocryphal to the Protestant canon include (''titles as listed in Bibles printed in 1881''):