If anyone takes away from the words of the book ... "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these Books as inspired by God. In 1950 an edition of the OT ...

– Answered by Father Johann Roten, S.M. Q: What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources? A: There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present ...

This is not to say that apocryphal writers are of higher authority than Scripture. It is Scripture in all its sobriety and sometimes frustrating poverty of information that constitutes the measuring ...