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The respect accorded to apocryphal books varied between Protestant denominations. In both the [[Luther Bible|German]] (1537) and [[Coverdale Bible|English]] (1535) translations of the Bible, the apocrypha are published in a separate section from the other books, although the Lutheran and Anglican lists are different. In some editions, (like the Westminster), readers were warned that these books were not "to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings." A milder distinction was expressed elsewhere, such as in the "argument" introducing them in the [[Geneva Bible]], and in the Sixth Article of the [[Church of England]], where it is said that "the other books the church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners," though not to establish doctrine [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica].

The respect accorded to apocryphal books varied between Protestant denominations. In both the [[Luther Bible|German]] (1537) and [[Coverdale Bible|English]] (1535) translations of the Bible, the apocrypha are published in a separate section from the other books, although the Lutheran and Anglican lists are different. In some editions, (like the Westminster), readers were warned that these books were not "to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings." A milder distinction was expressed elsewhere, such as in the "argument" introducing them in the [[Geneva Bible]], and in the Sixth Article of the [[Church of England]], where it is said that "the other books the church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners," though not to establish doctrine [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica].

According to [http://www.orthodoxanglican.net/downloads/apocrypha.PDF ''The Apocrypha, Bridge of the Testaments'' at orthodoxanglican.net]: {{quote|On the other hand, the [[Anglican Communion]] emphatically maintains that the Apocrypha is part of the Bible and is to be read with respect by her members. Two of the hymns used in the American Prayer Book office of Morning Prayer, the Benedictus es and Benedicite, are taken from the Apocrypha. One of the offertory sentences in Holy Communion comes from an apocryphal book (Tob. 4: 8-9). Lessons from the Apocrypha are regularly appointed to be read in the daily, Sunday, and special services of Morning and Evening Prayer. There are altogether 111 such lessons in the latest revised American Prayer Book Lectionary [The books used are: [[II Esdras]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], Wisdom, [[Ecclesiasticus]], Baruch, Three Holy Children, and [[I Maccabees]].] The position of the Church is best summarized in the words of Article Six of the [[Thirty-nine Articles]]: “In the name of Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority there was never any doubt in the Church… And the other Books (as Hierome [St. Jerome] saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine…”}}

According to [http://www.orthodoxanglican.net/downloads/apocrypha.PDF ''The Apocrypha, Bridge of the Testaments'' at orthodoxanglican.net]: "On the other hand, the [[Anglican Communion]] emphatically maintains that the Apocrypha is part of the Bible and is to be read with respect by her members. Two of the hymns used in the American Prayer Book office of Morning Prayer, the Benedictus es and Benedicite, are taken from the Apocrypha. One of the offertory sentences in Holy Communion comes from an apocryphal book (Tob. 4: 8-9). Lessons from the Apocrypha are regularly appointed to be read in the daily, Sunday, and special services of Morning and Evening Prayer. There are altogether 111 such lessons in the latest revised American Prayer Book Lectionary [The books used are: [[II Esdras]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], Wisdom, [[Ecclesiasticus]], Baruch, Three Holy Children, and [[I Maccabees]].] The position of the Church is best summarized in the words of Article Six of the [[Thirty-nine Articles]]: “In the name of Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority there was never any doubt in the Church… And the other Books (as Hierome [St. Jerome] saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine…”

==Apocryphal texts by denomination==

==Apocryphal texts by denomination==