Theo 100 Bonus Episode – What Do We Make of the Apocrypha?

Protestants know that Roman Catholics have a section in their bibles called “The Apocrypha.” What is that and what are Christians to make of it?

Pastor Tim LeCroy discusses the different kinds of texts that are commonly included under the term Apocrypha and discusses from history how the Church has thought about these texts.

Outline
I. Athanasius’s Easter Letter of 367 lays out how we are to think of the Apocryphya
II. The four categories of the Apocrypha
1. Deuterocanonical books – what we typically call apocrypha
2. The Apostolic Fathers
3. Pseudepighrapha
4. Legends

Athanasius’s Easter Letter of 367

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“What Do We Make of the Apocrypha?” is a bonus class taught by Rev. Dr. Timothy R. LeCroy at New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. Come see the beautiful Finger Lakes region, and worship God with us. www.newlifeithaca.org.

Sermon music is from “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” provided by Sandra McCracken and with her permission. www.sandramccracken.com.