APOCRYPHA
Scrabble letter values: A1P3O1C3R1Y4P3H4A1 = 21
Definition
- noun 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible.
Examples
- “eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical”
- “the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status”