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[[@Topic:Apocalypse, The]] Apocalypse, The :
Ref-0035 See note


[[@Topic:Apocalyptic Literature]] Apocalyptic Literature :
Pseudepigrapha See note


[[@Topic:pseudepigrapha]] pseudepigrapha :
Pseudepigrapha See note


[[@Topic:Apocrypha]] Apocrypha :
Apocrypha - Jerome's view See note; Apocrypha - Protestant Bibles See note; Apocrypha - uninspired See note; Apocrypha - unquoted in NT See note; books - Old Testament groups See note; dead - prayer for See note

Note The 14 books of the Septuagint included in the Vulgate but considered uncanonical by Protestants because they are not part of the Hebrew Scriptures. The Roman Catholic canon accepts 11 of these books and includes them in the Douay Bible. Writings or statements of questionable authorship or authenticity. [Middle English Apocrypha, not authentic, from Late Latin Apocrypha, the Apocrypha, from Greek Apokrupha, neuter pl. of apokruphos, secret, hidden, from apokruptein, to hide away : apo-, apo- + kruptein, kruph-, to hide.] Fifteen writings recorded during the 400 years between the Old and New testaments. Twelve of them were declared inspired and added to the Catholic Cannon in 1546. Ref-0165, p. 337. "The Roman Catholic Church's claim that these writings of the Apocrypha are inspired must be rejected for the following reasons. . ." Ref-0165, pp. 338-339.




Apocrypha - group :
books - Old Testament groups See note


Apocrypha - Jerome's view :
dead - prayer for See note

Note ". . .Jerome rejected the Apocryphal books that were being circulated in manuscripts of the Greek and Latin versions. In general Jerome had a low opinion of books in the Apocrypha. He did eventually translate Tobit, Judith, and the additions to Daniel and Esther, but rapidly and without much care." Ref-0062, pp. 78-79. "At the Council of Trent in 1546, the Roman Church promulgated the following decree: 'If anyone receive not as sacred and canonical these said books, entire with all their parts. . . Let him be anathema!' By this decree Jerome himself was condemned, while the very firm position of the synagogue on the canon was contradicted." Ref-0060, p. 173. "In this preface Jerome explains his views on the Apocrypha . . . He declares that as there are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet, so there are twenty-two books of the Hebrew canon. He then lists the twenty-two books which, though counted differently, are the same as our thirty-nine. Although Jerome hurridly translated Tobit and Judith for his friends, he excluded them from the canon because they did not meet the benchmark of what he called "the Hebrew truth." Nevertheless, contrary to Jerome, the books of the Apocrypha, handed down in their Old Latin form, were retained in the Latin Bible." Ref-0236, p. 145.




Apocrypha - Protestant Bibles :

Note ". . .the Apocrypha were included in every major Protestant version of the English Bible from Coverdale to the Revised Standard Version." Ref-0073, p. 114, footnote p. 32.




Apocrypha - uninspired :
Jude [[1:9|bible.86.1.9]]

Note "It is. . . very remarkable that in the entire New Testament there is not one explicit citation from the Old Testament Apocrypha, those books declared canonical in the sixteenth century by the Roman Church." Ref-0060, p. 97. "[The Apocrypha] seem not to have been included in the beginning in the Septuagint, but they were gradually introduced into its later editions. Neither Josephus nor Philo cites them. Christ and the apostles never referred to them, although they freely used the text of the Septuagint and were certainly acquainted with the material in question. (Jude [[1:9|bible.86.1.9]] may allude to the Book of Enoch, a pseudepigraph. . .). . . In the first century, Jerome added the Apocryphal books to his Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate, calling attention to the evident difference between the inspiration of the canonical writings and the less significant spiritual value of these." Ref-0060, p. 172. There is an almost unbroken testimony of antiquity AGAINST accepting the Apocrypha into the canon: (1) Philo quoted the OT prolifically, but never quoted from the Apocrypha as inspired. (2) Josephus explicity excludes the Apocrypha, numbering the books of the OT as twenty-two. Neither does he quote the apocryphal books as Scripture. (3) Jesus and the NT writers never once quote the Apocrypha although there are hundreds of quotes and references to almost all of the canonical books of the OT. (4) The Jewish scholars of Jamnia (A.D. 90) did not recognize the Apocrypha. (5) No canon or council of the Christian church recognized the Apocrypha as inspired for nearly four centuries. (6) Many of the great Fathers of the early church spoke out against the Apocrypha, for example, Origin, Cyrile of Jerusalem, Athanasius. (7) Jerome, the great scholar and translator of the Latin Vulgate, rejected the Apocrypha as part of the canon. (8) Many Roman Catholic scholars through the Reformation period rejected the Apocrypha. (9) Luther and the Reformers rejected the canonicity of the Apocrypha.




Apocrypha - unquoted in NT :

Note "The New Testament writers quote from practically all of the Old Testament books but nowhere quote from any of the Apocrypha. The canon of the Old Testament accepted by Jesus and his apostles should be sufficient for Christians today." Ref-0236, p. 168.




[[@Topic:Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, The]] Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, The :
Ref-0037 See note


[[@Topic:apolitical]] apolitical :
political - Jesus not


apolitical - Jesus :
political - Jesus not


[[@Topic:apologetics]] apologetics :
Luke [[24:39|bible.63.24.39]]; John [[20:20|bible.64.20.20]]; John [[20:27|bible.64.20.27]]; Acts [[1:3|bible.65.1.3]]; 1Cor. [[15:6|bible.67.15.6]]; 1Pe. [[3:15|bible.81.3.15]]


[[@Topic:apostacy]] apostacy :
killed - apostates


apostacy - death sentence :
killed - apostates


[[@Topic:apostasy]] apostasy :
apostasy - scholarly See note; apostasy - the See note


apostasy - scholarly :

Note "When religious people in mosques, synagogues, and churches take up their writings of their respective faiths, they find there what God has told to Muhammed or Moses or Jesus, true and factual stories about what the founders of Islam, Judaism, or Christianity have said and done. When scholars of Islam or Judaism or Christianity read these same writings, a fair number of them receive these writings not as God's word but as statements of what humanity has written down in God's name. In the case of the Gospels, therefore, the body of the faithful in the churches read words they assume Jesus said, accounts of what he did, while scholars in universities and Christian seminaries alike find in the Gospels evidence that - properly interpreted - may tell us about things Jesus 'really' did or said. It follows that there is a considerable difference between how the faithful receive Scriptures - as the word of God - and how scholars read this same Scripture - as (mere) evidence about what may or may not have been said. . . . which Jesus? Is it the one the scholars (this morning) tell me really lived and worked, said this (but not that), did this (but not the other thing)? Or the one Christian believers believe is son of God. . .?" Ref-0137, pp. 10-12.




apostasy - the :
Mtt. [[24:10-12|bible.61.24.10]]; 2Th. [[2:3|bible.74.2.3]]; 1Ti. [[4:1-3|bible.75.4.1]]; 2Ti. [[3:1-9|bible.76.3.1]]; 2Pe. [[2:3-7|bible.82.2.3]]

Note "Basically there are two questions concerning apostasy that must be answered. The first is this: Does the Bible indicate that there will be apostasy in the church? The second is, What should be the Christian's attitude toward it?" Ref-0056, p. 139. ". . . a definition of apostasy is this: 'A departure from truth previously accepted, involving the breaking of a professed relationship with God.' Apostasy always involves willful leaving of previously known truth and embracing error." Ref-0056, p. 140.




[[@Topic:apostle]] apostle :
apostle - by God; apostle - Canaanite; apostle - false; apostle - Jesus; apostle - office appointed; Barnabas - an apostle; Matthias - an apostle See note

Note Greek apostolos = sent away from. Apos = away from, stello = sent. Hebrew equivalent: apo = me, stello = sheliac, the root for Mashiach or Messiah. "It is precarious to equate a missionary with an apostle merely upon the basis of the idea of sending forth in the verb from the same root, apostello. The word apostle means 'a sent one' only in the sense of a representative of God sent to the people. . .Except for Barnabas and Paul, the apostles were not characterized by missionary activity. On the contrary, the apostles remained in Jerusalem while others went forth with the message (See Acts [[5:2|bible.65.5.2]],Acts [[5:18|bible.65.5.18]]; Acts [[6:2-6|bible.65.6.2]]; Acts [[8:1|bible.65.8.1]]; Acts [[9:27|bible.65.9.27]]; Acts [[15:2|bible.65.15.2]]; Gal. [[1:17-2|bible.69.1.17]]:10). Acts [[8:1|bible.65.8.1]] especially makes this clear, since the apostles remained in Jerusalem after the rest of the church was scattered and even years after this event (see Acts [[11:1|bible.65.11.1]]; Acts [[15:2|bible.65.15.2]]; Gal. [[1:18|bible.69.1.18]]; Gal. [[2:1|bible.69.2.1]]). The initial outward thrust of Christianity was carried by Philip the evangelist (Acts [[8:5-40|bible.65.8.5]]) rather than by an apostle." Ref-0115, pp. 53-54.




apostle - Barnabas :
Barnabas - an apostle


apostle - by God :
Eph. [[1:1|bible.70.1.1]]; 1Ti. [[1:1|bible.75.1.1]]


apostle - Canaanite :
Mark [[3:18|bible.62.3.18]]


apostle - false :
2Cor. [[11:13|bible.68.11.13]]; Rev. [[2:2|bible.87.2.2]]


apostle - Jesus :
Heb. [[3:1|bible.79.3.1]]


apostle - Matthias :
Matthias - an apostle See note


apostle - office appointed :
1Cor. [[12:28|bible.67.12.28]]; Eph. [[4:11|bible.70.4.11]]


[[@Topic:apostles]] apostles :
apostles - meaning See note; apostles - names of; apostles - not the twelve See note; apostles - saw Jesus; apostles - signs performed by See note; apostles - signs performed by others See note; apostles - tradition of death See note; apostles - twelve called out; chosen - apostles; elder - Apostles as; elders - vs. apostles; foundation - of church See note; judges - apostles; witnessed - apostles as


apostles - as judges :
judges - apostles


apostles - as witnesses :
witnessed - apostles as


apostles - chosen :
chosen - apostles


Apostles - elders :
elder - Apostles as


apostles - foundation :
foundation - of church See note


apostles - meaning :

Note "The word apostle is used in three senses in the New Testament. 1. In its primary sense of messenger (John [[13:16|bible.64.13.16]]; Php. [[2:25|bible.71.2.25]]; 2Cor. [[8:23|bible.68.8.23]]). . . 2. In the sense of missionaries, men sent by the church to preach the Gospel. . . (Acts [[14:4|bible.65.14.4]],Acts [[14:14|bible.65.14.14]]; Rom. [[16:7|bible.66.16.7]]). 3. In the sense of plenipotentiaries of Christ; men whom he personally selected and sent forth invested with full authority to teach and rule in his name. . . (John [[15:26|bible.64.15.26]]; Acts [[1:22|bible.65.1.22]]; Acts [[2:32|bible.65.2.32]]; Acts [[3:15|bible.65.3.15]]; Acts [[13:31|bible.65.13.31]]; Acts [[26:16|bible.65.26.16]]; 1Cor. [[9:1|bible.67.9.1]]; Gal. [[1:12|bible.69.1.12]])." Ref-0158, pp. 21-22.




apostles - names of :
Mtt. [[10:2-4|bible.61.10.2]]; Mark [[3:16-19|bible.62.3.16]]; Luke [[6:14-16|bible.63.6.14]]; Acts [[1:13|bible.65.1.13]]; Acts [[1:26|bible.65.1.26]]


apostles - not the twelve :
Acts [[1:25|bible.65.1.25]]; Acts [[14:14|bible.65.14.14]]; Rom. [[1:5|bible.66.1.5]]; Rom. [[16:7|bible.66.16.7]]; 1Cor. [[1:1|bible.67.1.1]]; 1Cor. [[4:9|bible.67.4.9]]; 1Cor. [[15:7|bible.67.15.7]]; 2Cor. [[8:23|bible.68.8.23]]; Gal. [[1:1|bible.69.1.1]]; Gal. [[1:19|bible.69.1.19]]; Gal. [[2:8|bible.69.2.8]]; Php. [[2:25|bible.71.2.25]] (messenger); 1Th. [[2:6|bible.73.2.6]] (Silas and Timothy cf. 1Th. 1:10)

Note "The expression 'of note among the apostles' [Rom. [[16:7|bible.66.16.7]]]. . .may mean either that Andronicus and Junias were actually apostles or that the apostles recognized them as notable. . .If Andronicus and Junias were 'notable apostles,' why doesn't either Scripture or history ascribe such notoriety to them?. . .If Sosthenes were an apostle [1Cor. [[1:1|bible.67.1.1]]], why not say, 'Paul and Sosthenes, apostles of Christ?' Paul called himself an apostle but did not include Sosthenes under this title." Ref-0115, pp. 54-55.




apostles - saw Jesus :
Acts [[1:22|bible.65.1.22]]; 1Cor. [[9:1|bible.67.9.1]]; 1Cor. [[15:7-9|bible.67.15.7]]


apostles - signs performed by :
Acts [[2:43|bible.65.2.43]]; Acts [[4:22|bible.65.4.22]]; Acts [[4:30|bible.65.4.30]]; Acts [[5:12|bible.65.5.12]]; Acts [[9:38-41|bible.65.9.38]]; Acts [[19:11|bible.65.19.11]]; 2Cor. [[12:12|bible.68.12.12]]

Note In Acts [[9:38-41|bible.65.9.38]] none of the local believers raised Dorcus from the dead, but instead sent for the apostle Peter.




apostles - signs performed by others :
Acts [[6:8|bible.65.6.8]]

Note Stephen's signs in (Acts [[6:8|bible.65.6.8]]) were performed after apostolic authority was conferred to him as a deacon (Acts [[6:6|bible.65.6.6]]). The relationship of having apostolic endorsement has been called that of an apostolic legate.




apostles - tradition of death :
Mtt. [[26:14-16|bible.61.26.14]]; Mtt. [[27:3-5|bible.61.27.3]]; John [[11:18-19|bible.64.11.18]]; John [[21:20-23|bible.64.21.20]]; Acts [[1:16-20|bible.65.1.16]]; Acts [[12:1-2|bible.65.12.1]]

Note Ref-0117, p. 120.




apostles - twelve called out :
Mark [[3:13|bible.62.3.13]]


apostles - vs. elders :
elders - vs. apostles


[[@Topic:apostles and prophets]] apostles and prophets :
foundation - apostles and prophets See note


apostles and prophets - foundation :
foundation - apostles and prophets See note


[[@Topic:apostleship]] apostleship :
apostleship - chosen by God vs. chosen by man


apostleship - chosen by God vs. chosen by man :
Acts [[1:21|bible.65.1.21]]; Acts [[22:14|bible.65.22.14]]; Gal. [[1:1|bible.69.1.1]]


[[@Topic:apostol]] apostol :
Paul - apostolic authority See note


apostol - Paul - authority :
Paul - apostolic authority See note


[[@Topic:apostolic]] apostolic :
signs - unique to apostolic age


apostolic - signs unique to :
signs - unique to apostolic age


[[@Topic:appearance]] appearance :
antichrist - destroyed at appearance of Christ


appearance - Christ - antichrist destroyed at :
antichrist - destroyed at appearance of Christ


[[@Topic:appearances]] appearances :
resurrection - appearances after See note


appearances - post resurrection :
resurrection - appearances after See note


[[@Topic:appears]] appears :
Solomon - God appears to


appears - God to Solomon :
Solomon - God appears to


Appears to the apostles and more than five-hundred followers on a mountain in Ref-0087 :
harmony-159


[[@Topic:apple]] apple :
eye - apple of God's


apple - of God's eye :
eye - apple of God's


[[@Topic:application]] application :
application - acrostic See note


application - acrostic :

Note APPLICATIONS stands for the following aspects of applying bible study: Adjust attitude. Promise to claim. Priority to change. Lesson to learn. Issue to solve. Command to obey. Activity to avoid or stop. Truth to believe. Idol to tear down. Offence to forgive. New direction to take. Sin to confess. "1. Are there examples to follow? 2. Are there commands to obey? 3. Are there errors to avoid? 4. Are there sins to forsake? 5. Are there promises to claim? 6. Are there new thoughts about God? 7. Are there principles to live by? " Ref-0110, p. 218.




[[@Topic:approaching]] approaching :
boldness - approaching God See note


approaching - God - boldness :
boldness - approaching God See note

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