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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 126 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTILEGOMENA (avnXeyo va, contradicted or disputed) , an epithet used by the See also:early See also:Christian writers to denote those books of the New Testament which, although sometimes publicly read in the churches, were not for a considerable See also:time admitted to be genuine, or received into the See also:canon of Scripture. They were thus contrasted with the Homologoumena, or universally acknowledged writings. See also:Eusebius (Hist. Ecci. iii. 25) appliesthe See also:term Antilegomena to the See also:Epistle of See also:James, the Epistle of See also:Jude, 2 See also:Peter, 2 and 3 See also:John, the Acts of See also:Paul, the Shepherd of See also:Hermas, the Teaching of the Apostles, the See also:Apocalypse of John, and the See also:Gospel according to the See also:Hebrews. In later usage it describes those o the New Testament books which have obtained a doubtful See also:place in the Canon. These are the Epistles of James and Jude, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, the Apocalypse of John, and the Epistle to the Hebrews.

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