antilegomena

[an-ti-luh-gom-uh-nuh] /ˌæn tɪ ləˈgɒm ə nə/

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noun, (used with a singular verb)

a group of books in the New Testament, generally held to be uncanonical by the early church.

Compare homologumena.

Origin of antilegomena

1840-1850

1840-50; < Greek: things spoken against, neuter plural of antilegómenos (passive present participle of antilégein to speak against), equivalent to anti- anti- + lego- speak + -menos passive present participle suffix

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The grounds on which each of the disputed books—antilegomena, chap.

Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows
The inventive minds of scholars designated a group of writings in the Alexandrian canon as "antilegomena."

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack

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