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books which were included in the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament but not accepted in the Hebrew or Protestant Bibles
or more rarely:
early Christian writings never included in any version of the Bible
or more rarely:
early Christian writings never included in any version of the Bible
- He was a quick fellow, and when hot from play, would toss himself in a corner, and in five minutes be deep in any sort of book that he could lay his hands on: if it were Rasselas or Gulliver, so much the better, but Bailey's Dictionary would do, or the Bible with the Apocrypha in it.Book 2 — Old and Young (20% in)
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