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The Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch) was once cherished by Jews and

Christians alike, this book later fell into disfavor with powerful theologians -

precisely because of its controversial statements on the nature and deeds of the

fallen angels.

The Enochian writings, in addition to many other writings that were excluded (or

lost) from the Bible (i.e., the Book of Tobit, Esdras, etc.) were widely recognized

by many of the early church fathers as "Apocryphal" writings. The term

"apocrypha" is derived from the Greek word meaning "hidden" or "secret".

Originally, the import of the term may have been complimentary in that the term

was applied to sacred books whose contents were too exalted to be made

available to the general public.

In Dan. 12:9-10 we hear of words that are shut up until the end of time and,

words that the wise shall understand and the wicked shall not. In addition, 4 Ezra

14:44ff. mentions 94 books, of which 24 (the OT) were to be published and 70

were to be delivered only to the wise among the people. Gradually, the term

"apocrypha" took on a pejorative connotation, for the orthodoxy of these hidden

books was often questionable. Origen (Comm. in Matt. 10.18; p. 13.881)

distinguished between books that were to be read in public worship and

apocryphal books. Because these secret books were often preserved for use

within the esoteric circles of the divinely - knit believers, many of the critically -

spirited or "unenlightened" Church Fathers found themselves outside the realm

of understanding, and therefore came to apply the term "apocryphal" to, what

they claimed to be, heretical works which were forbidden to be read.