apocope (apokope)

[L., 262 graphic books, such as the Apocalypse of Baruch and the A umption of Moses. The name Apocrypha is also oссаsionally made to embrace the Antilegomena of the New Testament. The Greek Church makes no distinction among the books contained in the Septuagint. In the Anglican and Luther an churches, the Apocrypha are read for ex ample of life and instruction of manners, but not for the establishing of any doctrine. See antilegomena and deu terocanonical.