DEUTEROCANONICAL


Meaning of DEUTEROCANONICAL in English

|d(y)üd.ə(ˌ)rō+ adjective

Etymology: New Latin deuterocanonicus deuterocanonical (from deuter- (I) + Late Latin canonicus belonging to the canon of Scripture) + English -al — more at canonic

: of, belonging to, or constituting a second or later canon — used especially by Roman Catholics (1) of those scriptural books in the canon fixed by the Council of Trent that are found only in the Septuagint and not in the Hebrew and constitute the Apocrypha of most Protestants and (2) of the following portions of the New Testament: Mark 16:9-20, Luke 22:43,44, John 7:53-8:11, Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude and Revelation

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