The Apocrypha - Offline

These apocryphal books were positioned between the Old and New Testaments. The Apocrypha was a part of the KJV for 274 years until being removed in 1885 A.D. A portion of these books was called deuterocanonical books by some entities, such as the Catholic church.

Many claim the Apocrypha should never have been included in the first place, raising doubt about its validity and believing it was not God-inspired (for instance, a reference about magic seems inconsistent with the rest of the Bible: Tobit chapter 6, verses 5-8). Others believe it is valid and that it should never have been removed- that it was considered part of the Bible for nearly 2,000 years before it was recently removed a little more than 100 years ago. Some say it was removed because of not finding the books in the original Hebrew manuscripts.

The Apocrypha are valuable to study literary forms such as the production context of canonical works and to hear dissenting religious movements of Judaism and ancient Christianity.

Catholic Church called apocryphal texts she has not included in its barrel while the churches of the Reformation called the Pseudepigrapha. With regard to the writings of the Old Testament, she called deuterocanonical those Protestant churches called apocryphally.

The term "Apocrypha" was created by Jerome in the fifth century, primarily to designate ancient Jewish documents written in the period between the last book of the Jewish scriptures, Malachi, and the coming of Jesus Christ. Are books that, according to the religion in question, were not inspired by God and not part of any canon.