Lost and Rejected Scriptures

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I recently procured this work. Anyone have knowledge
regarding the Catholic stance on the books in this collection? I have read others opinions, but would like something more official.
 
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I have a collection similar, and as far as I can figure:
  1. Most are heretical (ebionite, gnostic, docetic works like Clementine Homilies or Pistis Sophia)
  2. Some are modified by heretics but are mostly fine in their original form (Gospel of Thomas has heretical additions, but ignoring those reveals some probable sayings of Jesus not recorded elsewhere)
  3. Some are not heretical, but aren’t scripture, and are just early Christian fictions and stories (the romance novel with no sex in it like the Acts of Paul and Thecla)
  4. Some are private revelations but aren’t heretical at all(many pseudo graphic Apocalypses, Shepherd of Hermas which I love and follow, etc)
  5. Concerning prechristian and Israelite works, like Enoch, they sometimes represent schismatic sects of the Judaean religion (Enoch presents a false sun-based calendar opposed to the Mosaic lunar one), or are just stories that explain and expand on Scripture, and can be considered more like a private revelation or a sort of commentary
I might be missing something or some categories, but that’s generally what’s going on. When you read the Church fathers and study these works you’ll see that’s what most of them fall into. Some are real gems, like Hermas, most is just trash that you will eventually discard, but they are useful for historical reasons
 
I like the way you have of looking at it.

It’s like looking at the Bible and then a collection of things such as “Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ”, “The Robe”, “The Silver Chalice”, and a handful of movies like the Passion of the Christ, Barabbas, and Demetrius and the Gladiators.

All of the above speak of Jesus, the apostles, the early Church, etc. All of them speak reverently. But the books in the Bible are inerrant Scripture, and the others are novels; well-written, faith-filled, nothing in them that categorically denies any of the truths in Scripture, some of them arguably giving depth to people ‘mentioned’ in the Bible, such as Barabbas, and making the story of his life meaningful. But none of them are on a par with Scripture, even if some would find one or many to have a deep impact on their own spiritual life.

I’m leaving out the really screwy ones (won’t even mention) because far too many trolls would hijack the thread to make comments about them.
 
Section 5 contains writings found in any Catholic Bible:
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Letter (Epistle) of Jeremiah (in New American Bible (NAB) as Baruch, Chapter 6).
The Prayer of Azariah (in NAB as part of Daniel, Chapter 3).
1 Baruch (in NAB as Baruch).
Bel and the Dragon (in NAB as Daniel, Chapter 14).
Wisdom of Sirach (in NAB as Sirach).
Wisdom of Solomon (in NAB as Wisdom).
Additions to Esther
Tobit
Judith
Susanna (in NAB as Daniel, Chapter 13).

And writings of the earliest Church Fathers, also know as Apostolic Fathers:
1 Clement
Shepherd of Hermes
The Didache

Many of the other writings in the book are mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia article, “Apocrypha.”
 
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