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Thanks for the reply. I find it very interesting that the MAIN reasons why some accept the Apocryphal books is that they have a few verses in them that seem to speak of prayers for the dead. This is then used to develop the doctrines of both indulgences and Purgatory - things definitely NOT taught in the rest of the commonly accepted books of the Bible.

[MarkBsnr]

Thanks for the reply. I find it very interesting that the MAIN reasons why some accept the Apocryphal books is that they have a few verses in them that seem to speak of prayers for the dead. This is then used to develop the doctrines of both indulgences and Purgatory - things definitely NOT taught in the rest of the commonly accepted books of the Bible.

Negative. The main reason why the Deuterocanonicals (there is no Apocrypha) are including the canon of Scripture is that they were in the Septuagint. This is the Greek language Bible used by Christ and the Apostles, and indeed by most of the Jewish world.