Editing Apocrypha (section)

==Writings of questionable value==<!-- This was originally part of the Esoteric writing section, but it does not seem to fit. It seems to be a separate topic-->
''Apocrypha'' was also applied to writings that were hidden not because of their divinity but because of their questionable value to the church. The early Christian theologian [[Origen]], in his ''Commentaries on Matthew'', distinguishes between writings that were read by the churches and apocryphal writings: {{lang|grc|γραφὴ μὴ φερομένη μέν ἒν τοῖς κοινοῖς καὶ δεδημοσιευμένοις βιβλίοις εἰκὸς δ' ὅτι ἒν ἀποκρύφοις φερομένη}} (''writing not found in the common and published books on one hand [and] actually found in the secret ones on the other'').<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1016.htm ''Commentaries on Matthew'', X. 18, XIII. 57]{{Nonspecific|date=March 2010}}</ref> The meaning of {{lang|grc|αποκρυφος}} is here practically equivalent to "excluded from the public use of the church" and prepares the way for an even less favourable use of the word.<ref name=EB1911 />