What is the Apocrypha and do Mormons believe it?

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What is the Apocrypha? Do members of the LDS church believe it is scripture? What stories does it tell? Find out in this episode.

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon

https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/re-15-no-2-2014/reading-song-solomon-latter-day-saint

https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-91-the-apocrypha?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1

Book Recommendation: The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190276126/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ozc5CbP745YHV

Book Recommendation: Exploring the Apocrypha from an LDS Perspective https://amzn.to/2EjZzLU

Book Recommendation: Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints
https://rsc.byu.edu/out-print/apocryphal-writings-and-latter-day-saints

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