antilegomena

American

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

noun

(used with a singular verb)

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

Etymology

Origin of antilegomena

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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antilegomena

The canon was not, however, completed in its present form; for the right of certain books—the so-called antilegomena, chap.

From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows

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