Antilegomena
a group of books in the new testament, generally held to be uncanonical by the early church.
historical examples
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
the grounds on which each of the disputed books—antilegomena, chap.
companion to the bible e. p. barrows
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