Apocrypha

Title: Apocrypha
Category: Society & Culture / Religion | Words: 524 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Apocrypha

Apocrypha means “hidden things” in Greek. Apocrypha in Christianity, which is related to the scriptures of the Lord, was not instituted into the Bible at the time it was created. The clergy who put together the Bible had several reasons for not establishing these writings, such as the pure disbelief in what the Apocrypha scriptures said. The teachings which were chosen (i.e., the Gospel of Luke), made the most sense. There are two sets …showed first 75 words of 524 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 524 total…different. In the Gospel of Peter, he says: My power, My power why have you forsaken me? Perhaps now we see why the Church has not blessed some of these writings. They are simply less common and differ greatly from the majority of all the Christian writings. However, by just interpreting the works of Apocrypha we can gather together different points of view therefor making it easier to discover what we truly believe within ourselves.

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