The Apocrypha

The Apocrypha, one ought to approach like they were
Reading my writing or John Bunyan
Or St. Augustine.
Have a healthy skepticism,
But, understanding it's prophetic nonetheless.

The Apocrypha is a work that doesn't
Carry the weight and authority of scripture.
At times, it has a story tone,
At times it has non compos mentis moments,
At times it advocates sinful things,
At times...
But, there are brilliant insights it has into Christ
And it was certainly written by devoted men.
Prophetic stories,
Some of it cleverly devised fables...
Tobit, I'm afraid, is not a wholly good book.
But, it is a good story.

The Apocrypha doesn't carry the tone of scripture,
But it does carry the tone of faith...
And those writing it were men of God.
Just like Augustine, Aquinas, 
Moore, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, 
Chesterton, Lewis and Myself...
Look at it more like Jewish Literature
Than actual scripture.