The Apocrypha
is NOT Inspired By God

Four Quick Reasons To Reject The Apocrypha as Inspired

"Its primary source and first author was Jason of Cyrene, a man steeped in orthodox Judaism and skilled in the Hellenistic art of rhetorical narration."(1)

Its intent is to "instruct and to edify. It is perhaps less political than 1 Mc and places more emphasis upon the importance of the Temple and religious themes ... The book tends also to propagate the doctrines dear to the Pharisaic heart -- e.g., the resurrection of the just (7:9; 14:46); how consciously the author pursues this aim it is difficult to say."(2)

The Catholic Church Wrongly Believes The Apocrypha Is Inspired

It "is not a sequel to 1 Maccabees, but a parallel account, treating only the victories of Judas Maccabaeus. It is generally thought to be more legendary than 1 Maccabees."(4)

The Apocryphal "writings were not officially declared to be divinely inspired, and included in the Catholic canon of Scripture as such, until 1546 at the Council of Trent. Previous to that time, these book [typographical error] were included in the Latin Vulgate and in the Greek version of the Old Testament, which is known as the Septuagint, but not officially decreed to be divinely inspired writings."(5)

David Bercot is Refuted With Scripture and Logic

Facts Why The Apocrypha Can NOT Be Scripture

• "They abound in historical and geographical inaccuracies and anachronisms."
• "They teach doctrines which are false and foster practices which are at variance with inspired Scripture."
• "They resort to literary types and display an artificiality of subject matter and styling out of keeping with inspired Scripture."
• "They lack the distinctive elements which give genuine Scripture their divine character, such as prophetic power and poetic and religious feeling."(6)

Some other reasons why we must reject the Apocrypha as being part of canon are:

• It is not included in the Hebrew canon of Scripture.
• The Apocryphal writers sometimes disclaim divine inspiration. For example, in 2 Maccabees 15:38,39 CT, we read,

  "So these things being done with relation to Nicanor and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration. Which if I have done well and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me."

• "In all of the New Testament there is not even one single reference or quotation, made by Christ or any of the Apostles, that would confirm all or any part of the Apocrypha as being divinely inspired."(7)

Jude Quoted The NON-Inspired Apocrypha

Did You Know the 1611 KJV Included The Apocrypha?

2 Maccabees and Purgatory

For a person to believe in the doctrine of Purgatory, he/she would have to be totally misinformed about the Biblical doctrines of the Atonement, Redemption and even Salvation. Purgatory infers works for salvation, a soul-damning and devilish teaching. John Calvin's hero -- Augustine of Hippo said, "there are some who have departed this life, not so bad as to be deemed unworthy of mercy, nor so good as to be entitled to immediate happiness."(8) This statement infers works for salvation which is refuted by Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; Rom. 4:4-6 and 2 Tim. 1:9. Consequently, one can therefore conclude that Augustine was NOT a Christian, but instead a minister and servant of Satan, 2 Cor. 11:13-15!

God's Word VS Purgatory

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Heb 1:3)

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, (Rev 1:5)

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, (Acts 3:19)

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. (Acts 10:43)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Mat 13:41,42)

• They are misleading people by filling them with FALSE hopes about a non-existent place (Purgatory). This in turn causes people not to make a real heart-felt commitment to Jesus Christ, a thing Catholics NEVER hear about anyway in their doctrines. The Gospel, according to the Catholic Church, is: baptism, communion, penance, good works, church membership and Mary. This, of course, places all who teach such (priests, nuns, monks, etc.) under the divine curse of Gal. 1:8,9. (By the Catholic Church's false directions to heaven, we therefore can identify it as NON-Christian and just as deadly as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism and any other cult.)
• Those in authoritative positions in the Catholic Church, past or present, who hold to the Apocryphal books as being inspired are not led by the Holy Spirit, for He will guide into all truth (Jn. 16:13). Also, the same people can't be "of the truth" (Jn. 18:37), because they don't hear Jesus' voice.
• To believe the Apocryphal books are inspired means either ignorance or dishonesty to hermeneutical principles and processes.
• For a Catholic Council like Trent or Vatican I to declare inspiration for these books shows that God is not controlling these councils.

The Book of Enoch is FATALLY FLAWED!

The Apocrypha Has a DANGEROUS FALSE Forgiveness Message

Prayer is good with fasting and alms: more than to lay up treasures of gold: for alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting (Tobias 12:8,9).