(8) What Is the Apocrypha?

Immanuel Fellowship Church

Few Protestants put much thought into the apocrypha. And that's fine.Still, the confession's article on these books is valuable. It has apologetic value in defending the Protestant canon against the Catholic claim that the reformers eliminated books from the Bible. But perhaps this article's greatest value is its presentation of the doctrine of sola Scriptura. A reflection on the apocrypha reveals that all truth is valuable. But Scripture is our ultimate authority.Given its historical influence, let's try to understand the apocrypha, defend our Confession's verdict of it, and try to sort out what value we should assign to human wisdom.