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How many other eyes besides Luther were interested in the Apocrypha? Many early Christian leaders actually taught it as Scripture. Aside from Augustine, other leaders included Ambrose, Clement of Alexandria, Clement of Rome, Irenaeus, Tertullian Cyprian, and Hippolytus. On the other hand, men like Origen, Jerome, and Justin Martyr opposed it. Yet, a rather telling thing about the Apocrypha is that it existed for nearly 2,100 years, and even questionable doctrines such as the prayers for the dead and purgatory, has not corrupted the word of God. Those that would stand against that view suggest that the Apocrypha were additions and not necessarily texts that were corrupted. Think about it?
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The Apocrypha describes the Powells' attempts to save all life on the planet from extinction by a group of human-like creatures who exhibit extraordinary mental and physical powers. The Powells are joined by Rachel, a girl who has established a telepathic bond with Mary. Note: Join Rachel as she helps investigate The Ark of Shekinah.
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Apocrypha utilises the research and mapping of the protein codes of ancient bacteria (archaebacteria) undertaken by TIGR (The Institute for Genomic Research) www.tigr.org in Maryland, USA and the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, UK over the past decade. Simply, this research extends the traditional sense of the “family tree” beyond now acknowledged relationships within the animal kingdom to include the vast, numerous genera of bacteria that precede and coexist with Homo Sapien.
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Some of the most common expressions and proverbs have come from the Apocrypha. The sententious sayings, "A good name endures forever" and "You can't touch pitch without being defiled," are derived from Sir 41.13 and 13.1. The noble affirmation in 1 Esd 4.41, "Great is Truth, and mighty above all things" (King James Version), or its Latin form, Magna est veritas et praevalet, has been used frequently as a motto or maxim in a wide variety of contexts.
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The Apocrypha suggests that one may atone for his sins by the giving of alms. “It is better to give alms than to lay up gold: alms doth deliver from death, and it shall purge away all sin” (Tobit 3:9).
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