Apocryphal Errors and the Church and Ancient Interpretation
After following up with questions about some apocryphal historical errors that appear in Church hymns, we will turn our attention to early Jewish and pagan interpretation and how that impacted Christian biblical interpretation.
Jesus Misbehaving: Christian Apocrypha
False books, "apocrypha," were written by heretics who signed the names of apostles to give them credibility. But some apocrypha were not heretical. They contained stories about the youth of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. Is there anything wrong with reading those stories?