Development of the New Testament canon 1290 to include in the Armenian canon several apocryphal books: Advice of the Mother of God to the Apostles, the Books of Criapos, and the ever-popular Epistle of Barnabas. The Armenian Apostolic church at times has included the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs in its Old Testament and the Third Epistle to the Corinthians, but does not always list it with the other 27 canonical New Testament books. The New Testament of the Coptic Bible, adopted by the Egyptian Church, includes the two Epistles of Clement. The canon of the Tewahedo Churches is somewhat looser than for other traditional Christian
Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible allusions, which in some cases are known only because they have been identified as such by ancient writers, or the citation of a work or author. The following are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: Some suggest that Nestle's Greek New Testament lists some 132 New Testament passages that appear to be verbal allusions to paracanonical books. Pagan authors quoted or alluded to: Non-canonical books quoted or alluded to: Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible The non-canonical books referenced in the Bible includes pseudepigrapha, writings from Hellenistic and other non-Biblical cultures, and lost works of known or unknown status. By the