The Belgic Confession, used in Reformed churches, devotes a section ( Article 6 ) to " The difference between the canonical and apocryphal books " and asserts that " All which the Church may read and take instruction from, so far as they agree with the canonical books ; but they are far from having such power and efficacy as that we may from their testimony confirm any point of faith or of the Christian religion ; much less to detract from the authority of the other sacred books.

The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel probably written about AD 145, which expands backward in time the infancy stories contained the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and presents a narrative concerning the birth and upbringing of Mary herself.

" He mentions Joseph Schacht as one scholar who argues this, claiming that Schacht " found no evidence of legal traditions before 722 ," from which Schacht concluded that " the Sunna of the Prophet is not the words and deeds of the Prophet, but apocryphal material " dating from later.

The famous story in which Galileo is said to have dropped weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa is apocryphal, but he did find that the path of a projectile is a parabola, and he is credited with conclusions foreshadowing Newton's laws of motion ( such as discovering the property of inertia ).

Jonah is mentioned twice in Chapter 14 of the apocryphal Book of Tobit, the conclusion of which finds Tobit's son, Tobias, at the extreme age of one hundred and twenty seven years, rejoicing at the news of Nineveh's destruction by Nebuchadnezzar and Ahasuerus in apparent fulfillment of Jonah's prophecy against the Assyrian capital.

In an apocryphal anecdote in the collection of imperial biographies called the Augustan History, the spot on which he had built an oratory was claimed by tavern keepers, but Alexander Severus decided that the worship of any god was better than a tavern, hence the structure's name.

Another apocryphal document, the Acts of Peter and Paul gives a slightly different version of the above incident, which was shown in the context of a debate in front of the Emperor Nero.

According to a frequently-repeated story, which may be apocryphal, Keaton acquired the nickname " Buster " at about eighteen months of age.

The attribution gave rise to an apocryphal story in which Charles II, who was over six feet tall, complained about the low ceilings.

" that the foundation for the apocryphal stories arose from degaussing experiments which have the effect of making a ship undetectable or ' invisible ' to magnetic mines.

The story's first appearance in any source other than Matthew is in the 2nd-century apocryphal Protoevangelium of James of c. 150 AD, which excludes the Flight into Egypt and switches the attention of the story to the infant John the Baptist:

* In Ovid's Heroides, an apocryphal letter from Briseis to Achilles makes up the third entry, in which she reproaches him for both giving her up too easily to Agamemnon, and being tardy in gaining her return.

Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the apocryphal 3 Maccabees, which describes purported events following the Battle of Raphia, in both Jerusalem and Alexandria.

The story ( which may be apocryphal ) goes that, in the 1980s, during a meeting with a young Hollywood executive, Zinnemann was surprised to find the executive didn't know who he was, despite having won four Academy Awards, and directing many of Hollywood's biggest films.

Early versions of events, of which there are many variations told over the centuries, are largely apocryphal.

Eusebius ( Historia Ecclesiae ii: 7 ) quotes some early apocryphal accounts that he does not name, which already relate that Pilate fell under misfortunes in the reign of Caligula ( 37 – 41 ), was exiled to Gaul and eventually committed suicide there in Vienne.

( Leucius Charinus is the traditional name to which many late apocryphal Acta of Apostles is attached.

There is a pseudepigrapha letter reporting on the crucifixion, purporting to have been sent by Pontius Pilate to the Emperor Claudius, embodied in the pseudepigrapha known as the Acts of Peter and Paul, of which the Catholic Encyclopedia states, " This composition is clearly apocryphal though unexpectedly brief and restrained.

The event that year was marred by violent thunderstorms, which led to apocryphal stories that the band had performed a rain dance in an effort to ruin the fair.

This inscription, taken with the speed of composition, has encouraged belief in the apocryphal story that Handel wrote the music in a fervour of divine inspiration in which, as he wrote the " Hallelujah " chorus, " he saw all heaven before him ".

The chief literature of all the heretical sects throughout the ages has been that of apocryphal Biblical narratives, and the popes Jeremiah or Bogumil are directly mentioned as authors of such forbidden books " which no orthodox dare read.

" The attribution of the line to Barrington is considered apocryphal since the 1911 discovery by Sydney book collector Alfred Lee of the 1802 book in which the line first appeared.

In 1845 he became a follower of the Tübingen school, and in his work Das Evangelium Marcions und das kanonische Evangelium des Lukas, published in 1846 and in which he argued that the Gospel of Luke was based on the apocryphal Gospel of Marcion, he appears as a disciple of the Hegelian new testament scholarFerdinand Baur.

Post-Exilic Hebrew books of prophecy such as the Book of Daniel and Book of Ezekiel are given new interpretations in this Christian tradition, while apocalyptic forecasts appear in the Judeo-Christian Sibylline Oracles and in the whole field of apocalyptic literature, which includes the Book of Revelation ascribed to John, the apocryphal Apocalypse of Peter, and the Second Book Of Esdras.

However, there is no record of this incident in Bradley's own account of the discovery, and it may therefore be apocryphal.

That Chaplin was unprepared to remain abroad, or that the revocation of his right to re-enter the United States was a surprise to him, may be apocryphal: An anecdote in some contradiction is recorded during a broad interview with Richard Avedon, celebrated New York portraitist.

This Gospel is considered by the majority of academics, including Christians and some Muslims ( such as Abbas el-Akkad ) to be late and pseudepigraphical ; however, some academics suggest that it may contain some remnants of an earlier apocryphal work ( perhaps Gnostic, Ebionite or Diatessaronic ), redacted to bring it more in line with Islamic doctrine.

However, the story may well be apocryphal, as it can only be traced to the 16th century, and, in the time of Edward I, the English aristocracy spoke Norman French, not English ( some versions of the legend include lack of knowledge in both languages as a requirement, and one reported version has the very specific phrase " born on Welsh soil and speaking no other language ").

This tale may well be apocryphal: Gershwin seems also to have told a near-identical story about a conversation with Arnold Schoenberg, and some have claimed it was with Igor Stravinsky.

Perhaps the most famous Colemanball is that of Brian Johnston announcing that " The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey " on a BBC Radio Test Match Special, although this may be apocryphal.

The change in his art was influenced primarily by the example of Édouard Manet, whom Degas had met in 1864 ( while both were copying the same Velázquez portrait in the Louvre, according to a story that may be apocryphal ).

When the name SNARK became known, the name was briefly reversed to become KRANS ; this was quickly abandoned when someone objected that " krans " meant " funeral wreath " in Swedish ( though it simply means " wreath "; this part of the story may be apocryphal ).

He may have been dropped for attending too few classes, been suspended for " conduct code violations ," or " for breaking a window ," or according to a more concrete but possibly apocryphal account, because he threw " a beer bottle into the window of Professor Woodrow Wilson ," the future president of the United States.

" The story may be apocryphal ( another version has Churchill jumping out of the window ), yet it is widely accepted that he was the father of Cleveland's daughter, Barbara, born on 16 July 1672 ( O. S.

This tradition may be apocryphal.

This story may be partly apocryphal, because also Ryti had a Finland-Swedish wife.

" In a 1933 essay, noted writer Lu Xun admits that this quote may be apocryphal, but condemns it as " laughing away the cruelty of the human butcher ".

His deep pessimism may stem from a belief in the imminent end of the world, since he had read the apocryphal letter of Christ to Thomas, which was interpreted to show that the world would end in May 482.

However, Leo Wiener considers the Columbus accounts to be apocryphal: what was taken for accounts of the Americas may have been, in fact, notes Columbus derived from accounts of the East Indies, his desired destination.

Voltaire's story ( in his Letters on the English Nation ) that Her Grace used to go to Wycherley's chambers in the Temple disguised as a country wench, in a straw hat, with pattens on and a basket in her hand, may be apocryphal, for disguise was superfluous in her case, but it shows how general was the opinion that, under such patronage as this, Wycherley's fortune as poet and dramatist was now made.

They are often apocryphal and may be inaccurate or untrue-yet, they have the power to influence people's sense making and actions.

Probably composed by the 4th century, this Christian apocryphal narrative may be as early as the 3rd century.

A story that she had a large inheritance from her father may be apocryphal.

This apocryphal tale, which may have been circulated by Delaborde, is argued against by Hugh Macdonald, who reports the discovery of a contemporary letter by his concièrge explaining that Alkan had been found prostrate in his kitchen, under a porte-parapluie ( a heavy coat / umbrella rack ), after his concièrge heard him moaning.