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Rh Which of these books are never read in Church, according to the calendar of the Church of England?

The books of Esdras, the prayer of Manasses, and the books of the Maccabees.

From which of the Apocryphal books are lessons appointed in the calendar of the Church in the United States?

From the book of Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus or the book of Jesus the Son of Sirach.

Which of these books is quoted by St. Paul in Heb. xi.?

The second book of Maccabees.

For what purpose?

For example of life; to show that faith leads men to suffer courageously in the cause of God.

Mention the canonical books of the New Testament.

The Gospel according to St. Matthew, the Gospel according to St. Mark, the Gospel according to St. Luke, and the Gospel according to St. John; the Acts of the Apostles, the fourteen Epistles of St. Paul, the Epistle of St. James, the two Epistles of St. Peter, the three Epistles of St. John, the Epistle of St. Jude, the Apocalypse, or Revelation of St. John.

Was there not some doubt at an early period