Apocrypha is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Apocrypha meaning
plural of apocryphon
Synonyms of Apocrypha
Using Apocrypha
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of apocryphon
- Useful related words include: sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text.
- In the example corpus, apocrypha often appears in combinations such as: the apocrypha, of apocrypha, apocrypha and.
Context around Apocrypha
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Apocrypha
- In this selection, "apocrypha" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, christian, considered, biblical, main, acts and despite stand out and add context to how "apocrypha" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and christian apocrypha and apocrypha main the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "apocrypha" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with apocrypha
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
S.', and is classed as part of Shakespearean apocrypha. (9 words)
N.B.: Concerns the Deuterocanonical writings (Apocrypha), according to Anglican usage. (11 words)
He has published on Maltese, Arabic dialectology, Creole linguistics and Christian apocrypha. (12 words)
Furthermore, despite having canonized the 1769 edition of the Authorized King James Bible, Joseph Smith Jr. made a note that the Song of Songs was not inspired, and therefore it is considered Apocrypha despite it being contained in the canon. (40 words)
In practice, Jerome treated some books outside the Hebrew canon as if they were canonical, and the Western Church did not accept Jerome's definition of apocrypha, instead retaining the word's prior meaning (see: Deuterocanon ). (36 words)
According to the Orthodox Anglican Church : On the other hand, the Anglican Communion emphatically maintains that the Apocrypha is part of the Bible and is to be read with respect by her members. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
He has published on Maltese, Arabic dialectology, Creole linguistics and Christian apocrypha.
The Eastern Orthodox Church accepted them as Scripture and called them “Anagignoskomena,” but during the Reformation, Martin Luther excluded them and called them Apocrypha.
As the final boss of the DLC, he confronts the player at the Summit of Apocrypha with the intent of consuming the Soul of the last Dragonborn and re-entering Solstheim.
According to the Orthodox Anglican Church : On the other hand, the Anglican Communion emphatically maintains that the Apocrypha is part of the Bible and is to be read with respect by her members.
Although Jerome was once suspicious of the apocrypha, it is said that he later viewed them as Scripture.
Apocrypha main The books that eventually found a permanent place in the New Testament were not the only works of Christian literature produced in the earliest Christian centuries.
Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, vi. 15. Apocrypha Acts of Peter The apocryphal Acts of Peter gives a more elaborate tale of Simon Magus' death.
Furthermore, despite having canonized the 1769 edition of the Authorized King James Bible, Joseph Smith Jr. made a note that the Song of Songs was not inspired, and therefore it is considered Apocrypha despite it being contained in the canon.
Groups within Christianity include differing books as part of their sacred writings, most prominent among which are the biblical apocrypha or deuterocanonical books.
Here Confirmation, the cross in baptism, private baptism, the use of the surplice, kneeling for communion, reading the Apocrypha; and subscription to the BCP and Articles were all touched on.
However, some editions of the Bible include text from both deuterocanonical and non-canonical scriptures in a single section designated " Apocrypha ".
Hyam Maccoby, Antisemitism And Modernity, Routledge 2006, p. 14. Role in apocrypha Judas has been a figure of great interest to esoteric groups, such as many Gnostic sects.
In practice, Jerome treated some books outside the Hebrew canon as if they were canonical, and the Western Church did not accept Jerome's definition of apocrypha, instead retaining the word's prior meaning (see: Deuterocanon ).
In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha ), the account told by two witnesses breaks down when Daniel cross-examines them.
Lessons from the Apocrypha are regularly appointed to read in the daily, Sunday, and special services of Morning and Evening Prayer.
Modern Protestant traditions do not accept the deuterocanonical books as canonical, although Protestant Bibles included them in Apocrypha sections until the 1820s.
N.B.: Concerns the Deuterocanonical writings (Apocrypha), according to Anglican usage.
Other Other uses of apocrypha developed over the history of Western Christianity.
Protestants accept none of these additional books as canon either, but see them having roughly the same status as the other Apocrypha.
S.', and is classed as part of Shakespearean apocrypha.
Common combinations with apocrypha
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the apocrypha 10×
- of apocrypha 5×
- apocrypha and 3×
- apocrypha is 2×
- in apocrypha 2×
- apocrypha are 2×
- or apocrypha 2×
- apocrypha in 2×
- apocrypha was 2×