Well, according to both Wikipedia and the Catholic Encyclopedia, the term means "belonging to the second canon" and was coined in the 16th century. It refers to the books of Tobit, Judith, 1 and 3 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and some additions to the books of Daniel and Esther, which Catholics all consider canonical, and which Protestants to do not consider canonical and refer to as the Apocrypha.
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Well, according to both Wikipedia and the Catholic Encyclopedia, the term means "belonging to the second canon" and was coined in the 16th century. It refers to the books of Tobit, Judith, 1 and 3 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and some additions to the books of Daniel and Esther, which Catholics all consider canonical, and which Protestants to do not consider canonical and refer to as the Apocrypha.