ESV Apocrypha family bible As churches rapidly expand

As churches rapidly expand

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Josh McDowell

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ESV Apocrypha family bible As churches rapidly expandApocrypha means hidden things, and is the term used to describe the books which were not accepted into the Hebrew Canon, but which survive in the Greek Scriptures. These books were written in the period between the Old and New Testaments. Until the sixteenth century, the Apocryphal books were an intrinsic part of the Bible, although often regarded as deuterocanonical, or of secondary importance. Martin Luther wrote that they were 'nevertheless useful