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== '''Deutorocanonical Scripture or Apocrypha''' ==The word Deuterocanonical comes from may have different meanings depending on how it is applied to the Greek words Deutero Old or New Testaments and canona meaning second to lawwhether it is being used by Catholics, Protestants or Orthodox Christians. The word apocrypha comes from For the Greek word ἀπόκρυφαmost part, meaning hidden. According the term ''apocrypha'' refers to Orthodox teaching they may be read for personal edification but are not authoritative for doctrine. They are included in any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the Orthodox [[BibleBiblical canon|canon]] because . Since most English language bibles are from non-Orthodox sources, they were included in sometimes are subtitled ''with Apocrypha'' meaning that it includes the [[Septuagint]] which was Old Testament, so called ''Deuterocanonical Books'' that in use at the time Orthodox Church are considered to be genuine parts of [[Jesus]]the Bible.

  ==Old Testament==The '''Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books''' are books of the [[Old Testament]] that are accepted by the Orthodox Christian Church but are not accepted by Protestants as part of its official canonical contents, but of close association with the Bible.  The word Deuterocanonical comes from the Greek words ''Deutero'' and ''canona'' meaning "second canon." The word ''apocrypha'' comes from the Greek word ἀπόκρυφα, meaning "hidden." They are included in the Orthodox [[Bible]] because they were included in the [[Septuagint]] which was in use at the time of [[Jesus]], and the authors of the New Testament. They are not called ''apocrypha'' by the Orthodox Church. === The Books of the so called Apocrypha === *[[I Esdras]] *The portion of [[II Esdras]] called the "[[Prayer of Manasseh]]"

*Portions of [[Book of Esther|Esther(Greek)]]*[[The Wisdom of Solomon]]*[[Wisdom of Sirach]](Ecclesiasticus)

*[[The Letter Epistle of Jeremiah]]*The portions of [[Azariah and Book of Daniel|Daniel]]:**[[Prayer of the Three Holy Children|Song of the three JewsThree Children]]**[[Susanna (Book of Daniel)|Susanna]]**[[Bel and the Dragon]]*Psalm 151*[[1 I Maccabees]]*[[2 II Maccabees]]*[[1 EsdrasIII Maccabees]] *[[IV Maccabees]]  The Prayer [[Psalms]] are also numbered and divided up differently. ===The Apocrypha in Roman Catholicism and Protestant churches===In an Orthodox Bible there are 49 books in the Old Testament canon. [[Roman Catholic]]s only accept seven so called Deuterocanonical books, so their Old Testament has a total of Manasseh46 books (sometimes counted as 47). Because [[Protestant]]s mistakenly reject the Septuagint altogether, their Old Testament canon has only 39 books. *===True Old Testament Apocrypha===There are examples of false books from the Old Testament, there books are: Assumption of Moses, Ascension of Isaiah, Apocalypse of Elijah, Book of Enoch, Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, and another Book of Maccabees. These books are not in the Old Testament canon of any church. ==New Testament=====Apocryphal===Books of the apostolic times that were not included in the [[scripture|canon of scripture]], but may have reputed apostolic or prophetic authorship, are called '''Apocryphal'''. These writings of the early Christian church give accounts of the teachings of Jesus, aspects of the life of Jesus, accounts of the nature of God, or the teachings of his apostles and of their lives. These writings often have links with those books which are regarded as [[canonical]]. According to Orthodox teaching they may be read for personal edification but are not authoritative for [[psalm 151doctrine]].===Pseudoepigrapha===At the turn from the first century, many false writings about Christ were produced. These were the so-called apocryphal writings (not to be confused with the Old Testament apocrypha), also called '''pseudoepigrapha'''. These false writings carried the names of the apostles and introduced into Christian circles many fanciful and legendary stories about the childhood of Christ, the life of the Virgin Mary and the activities of the apostles. *With the pseudoepigrapha, there also appeared the false teachings of [[gnosticism]], the Christian [[3 Maccabeesheresy]]which transformed Christianity into a kind of spiritualistic, dualistic, intellectualistic philosophy. The Christians of the Orthodox faith had to contend with these false teachings. ==External links==*[http://www.stots.edu/article.php?id=48 The Old Testament Apocrypha] - St. Tikhon's Monastery[[2 EsdrasCategory:Scripture]]*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article9547.asp What are the Apocrypha and the Da Vinci Code Claims?] (GOARCH)*[4 Macabees]http://www.oca.org/OCIndex-TOC.asp?SID=2&book=Bible&section=The%20Bible The Orthodox Faith]

The Apocrypha in Roman Catholicism and ProtestantsIn an [[Orthodoxel:Απόκρυφα]] Bible which has the Apocrypha there are 49 books in its [[Old Testament]]. [[Roman Catholics]] only accept 7 Deuterocanonical books, so their Old Testament has a total of 46 books. [[Protestants]] do not accept the Apocrypha so in their Old Tstament they only have 39 books. All 3 accept the same 27 books of the [[New Testament.ro:Apocrife]]