Apocrypha controversy

[3] They reasoned that by not printing the secondary material of Apocrypha within the Bible, the scriptures would prove to be less costly to produce.

[4][5] Haldane and William Thorpe began a general campaign in 1821, against all Bibles with the Apocrypha and their printing with funds raised from British sources.

The Society was divided over the issue, but the majority view favoured the existing policy of case-by-case inclusion.

[7] In the present-day, "English Bibles with the Apocrypha are becoming more popular again", usually being printed as intertestamental books.

[1] The Revised Common Lectionary, in use by most mainline Protestants including Methodists and Moravians, lists readings from the Apocrypha in the liturgical calendar, although alternate Old Testament scripture lessons are provided.

Copies of the Luther Bible include the intertestamental books as a section between the Old Testament and New Testament; they are termed the " Apocrypha " in Christian Churches having their origins in the Reformation.
The contents page in a complete 80 book King James Bible , listing "The Books of the Old Testament", "The Books called Apocrypha", and "The Books of the New Testament".