" The non-canonical introduction to the 1981 LDS Church edition of the Book of Mormon stated, " the Lamanites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.

However, some editions of the Bible include text from both deuterocanonical and non-canonical scriptures in a single section designated " Apocrypha ".

Joseph is referenced in apocryphal and non-canonical accounts such as the Acts of Pilate, a text often appended to the medieval Gospel of Nicodemus and The Narrative of Joseph, and mentioned in the works of early church historians such as Irenaeus ( 125 – 189 ), Hippolytus ( 170 – 236 ), Tertullian ( 155 – 222 ) and Eusebius ( 260 – 340 ), who added details not found in the canonical accounts.

It was considered by some of the Church Fathers as part of the New Testament but rejected as spurious or non-canonical by others, Scholars knew of the Didache through references in other texts, but the text itself had been lost.

The role of Greek Buddhist monks in the development of the Buddhist faith under the patronage of emperor Ashoka around 260 BCE, and then during the reign of Menander is described in the Mahavamsa, an important non-canonical Theravada Buddhist historical text compiled in Sri Lanka in the 6th century, in the Pali language.

The Milinda Panha is another famous non-canonical Pali Buddhist text that describes the religious dialogues between the famous Indo-Greek king Menander, whose kingdom was in Sagala in today's Punjab, and a Buddhist monk called Nagasena, around 160 BCE.

For example, Andrew Bernhard notes in his text-critical edition of non-canonical gospels that " the term ' gospel ' is used as a label for any written text that is primarily focused on recounting the teachings and / or activities of Jesus during his adult life.

According to First Esdras, a non-canonical Greek translation of the Book of Ezra, he was also a high priest.

The Book of Enoch, generally considered non-canonical, states that in the time of the great judgment God will give all those whose names are in the Book of Life fruit to eat from the Tree of Life.

The 2nd century BC Book of Jubilees, regarded as non-canonical except by Coptic Christianity, also dates his birth to 130 AM.

In December 2010, the LDS Church made changes to the non-canonical chapter summaries and also to some of the footnotes in its online version of the Book of Mormon.

Although the Book of Wisdom is non-canonical in the Rabbinical Jewish tradition, the work was at least known to medieval Jews, as Rabbi Moses ben Nachman ( Ramban ) attests.

* Book of the Wars of the Lord, a non-canonical book possibly written by Moses, and the Israelites according to The Book of Jasher

The Book of the Wars of the Lord ( ס ֵ פ ֶ ר מ ִ ל ְ ח ֲ מ ֹ ת יהוה ) is one of several non-canonical books referenced in the Bible which have now been completely lost.

According to Encyclopedia Galactica ( a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979 ): In the Book of the Word, Iblis is described as a " fallen Angel ( sic ), known variously as Diaboles ( Diabolos | Devil ) or Mephistopholes repeatedly attempts to lead the humans astray, but is bested always by the intervention " of the Beings of Light.

This classification commingles them with certain non-canonical gospels and New Testament Apocrypha.

The Epistle of Jude references at least two other books, with one being non-canonical in all churches and the other non-canonical in most churches.

" Additionally, the non-canonical novel Prime Directive, written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, deals with the political and career fallout from a violation allegedly committed by Kirk.

Only non-canonical sources have provided any Vulcans with family names, which are usually spoken of as defying attempts at both human pronunciation, especially with English-language phonemes, and human typesetting, especially with the characters of the modern Latin alphabet used for the English language.

Skaro is also the setting for the Peter Cushing feature film Dr. Who and the Daleks ( 1965 ) which is generally regarded as non-canonical, although the story in the film is a copy ( with some changes ) of the serial The Daleks ( naturally shortened since a feature film does not have the same running time as a 7-episode serial ).

* WordPress guards against link rot by replacing non-canonical URLs with their canonical versions.

In the time since its last publication, the Encyclopedia has become extremely out of date, with much of the conjectural, non-canonical information contained within it having been contradicted by the last two Star Trek films ( Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek ) as well as the last two seasons of Star Trek: Voyager and the most recent series, Star Trek: Enterprise.

The Secret Gospel of Mark is a putative non-canonical Christian gospel known exclusively from the Mar Saba letter, which describes Secret Mark as an expanded version of the canonical Gospel of Mark with some episodes elucidated, written for an initiated elite.

While a previously developed Metal Gear sequel titled Snake's Revenge ( a non-canonical installment produced without Kojima's involvement ) was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America during the same year, Metal Gear 2 itself did not have an official English version until its inclusion as a bonus game ( along with the original Metal Gear ) in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence for PlayStation 2 in, almost 16 years after its original Japanese release.

Reference is made to the large number of non-canonical texts, some of which have been discovered during the last 100 years, which show the many movements and strands of thought emanating from Jesus ' life and teaching or which may be contemporary with them, some of which can be contrasted with Paul's thought.

The use of the word " canon " in reference to a set of texts derives from Biblical canon, the set of books regarded as scripture, and which are contracted with non-canonical Apocrypha.

Article VI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England has it listed as non-canonical ( but still, with the other Apocryphal texts, " the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ").

Edward M. Lerner revealed in an online chat ( as ' EML ') that Larry Niven had ruled A Darker Geometry as definitely non-canonical and incompatible with the then forthcoming Juggler of Worlds, which was co-authored by Niven and Lerner.

Seeking a new way to interact with fans, and perhaps inspired by references to a dead Jason in Frank Miller's non-canonical future history comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns, the company set up two 1-900 number 50-cent hotlines giving callers the ability to vote for or against Jason's death.

Psalm 151 appears along with a number of canonical and non-canonical psalms in the Dead Sea scroll 11QPs ( a ) ( named also 11Q5 ), a first century AD scroll discovered in 1956.

* The ( non-canonical ) novel Memory Prime by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens was written as a sequel to " The Lights of Zetar ", featuring Scotty's reunion with Mira Romaine and a successor facility to Memory Alpha equipped with about a dozen sentient artificially intelligent systems.

The films were somewhat non-canonical to the series – in the films, Arthur and Olive manage to have two children ( she is pregnant with their second child at the end of Mutiny On The Buses ) and Stan is working for The Town & District Bus Company instead of The Luxton & District Bus Company.

If the player encounters the Master, he or she also has the option of joining forces with the Master instead, which results in a non-canonical ending wherein the player is dipped and becomes a super mutant.

Rene first appeared in the non-canonical book Spring Break, along with his mother, Avery, and his sister, Ferney, but became part of canon whilst Liz and Jess were in London.

The original usage of the term distinguished these scriptures both from those considered non-canonical and from those considered protocanonical.

" Although none of his attempts to kill Superman work permanently ( though a classic non-canonical story from 1961 entitled " The Death of Superman " has Luthor finally killing Superman after lulling him by pretending to go straight, although Supergirl then arrests him and he is exiled to the Phantom Zone ), Luthor routinely manages to escape from prison and threaten the world again.

Apart from being based on the original film, the game is also a semi-sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity, since the non-canonical aliens from that game, the Chodak, make an appearance.

Omake can also consist of non-canonical, and often comedic crossover clips that sometimes occur at the end of episodes of two shows airing concurrently from the same studio, such as recent Kamen Rider and Super Sentai programs.

Aside from the story mode, Colosseum also features several non-canonical battle modes.

The penalty for Barabbas ' crime was death by crucifixion, but according to the four canonical gospels and the non-canonical Gospel of Peter there was a prevailing Passing custom in Jerusalem that allowed or required Pilate, the praefectus or governor of Judaea, to commute one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim, and the " crowd " ( ochlos ) — which has become " the Jews " and " the multitude " in some translations — were offered a choice of whether to have Barabbas or Jesus Christ released from Roman custody.

Important examples of non-canonical texts are the Visuddhimagga, or Path of Purification, by Buddhaghosa, which is a compendium of Theravada teachings that include quotes from the Pali Canon.

In these cases, it is valuable to bring in supporting information from non-canonical sources to provide greater depth.

Sometimes, fanon comes from the acceptance of non-canonical explanations provided in expanded universe published works.

* Iron Munro-Arn Munro is the non-canonical son of Hugo Danner, the title character from Philip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator.

What gave them a Christian character was the fact that they were followed by the Eucharistic service, and that to the reading from the Law, the letters of the apostles and the Acts of the Apostles was very soon added, as well as the Gospels and sometimes other books which were non-canonical, as, for example, the Epistles of Saint Clement, that of Saint Barnabas, the Apocalypse of Saint Peter, etc.

With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus ' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources.

The Gospel of the Nazarenes ( also Nazoraeans or Nazaraeans ) is the traditional but hypothetical name given by some scholars to distinguish some of the references to, or citations of, non-canonical Jewish-Christian Gospels extant in patristic writings from other citations believed to derive from different Gospels.

They also describe the ending of the episode as an attempt to reset the continuity and allow fans to consider the episode as non-canonical, divorced from the larger series.