Apocrypha means hidden things.The word Apocrypha was then associated with the meaning untrue.These writings consist of 13 books 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, an addition of Esther, additions to Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon.Ecclesiasteicus (also known as the wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach) Baruch, the letter of Jeremiah, the prayer of Manasses and 1 and 2 Maccabees.Whether something is written hundreds of years later or hundreds of years before, the test has to be applied whether it agrees with

The apocrypha, Christianity's 'hidden' texts, have shaped tradition for centuries