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Chapter 1. Of the Holy Scripture — 3

Westminster Confession of Faith

The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings.

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Citation: Westminster Confession of Faith 1.3, Wikisource 1946 Carruthers transcription.

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