Aphorisms 13–15: Apocrypha defined; historical and didactic Apocrypha
XIII. These are the canonical books of the Old Testament, to which the Apocrypha are commonly added — not on equal thread — books written indeed by pious and skilled authors, of which it is not yet catholically established whether they were inspired by the Holy Spirit and directed to this, that by them they should enlarge the canon of faith and life; finally inserted among the canonical books for the usefulness of reading. Apocrypha are here so called from a hidden disclosure; they are opposed to the testamentary books — Damascene, On the Orthodox Faith book 4 chapter 18. And since the history and reason of this first name's imposition almost escapes us, we judge it safest that the Apocrypha be described from opposition to the canonicals — seeing they are not equal to them in thread.
XIV. These are partly historical, partly didactic. The historical are the book of Tobit, the Prayer of Manasseh, the book of Judith, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, the additions in Daniel, Ezra's third and fourth books, the additions to Esther, the book of Simon the high priest commonly called Third Maccabees, and First and Second Maccabees. See there chapter 14 on the Apocryphal books from the beginning through Aphorism 14.
XV. The didactic are the book of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus.
Latin
XIII. Hi sunt libri Canonici V.T. quibus non pari filo Apocryphi vulgo adduntur, libri ab autoribus piis quidem & peritis conscripti, de quibus tamen nondum catholice constat, an a spiritu S. afflati & ad hoc directi sint, ut his canonem fidei & vitae adaugeant, libris canonicis tandem interserti ob lectionis utilitatem. Apocryphi hic dicuntur, dia apokalypsin kryphiaian, testamentariis opponuntur, Damasc. lib. 4. de orthod. fide cap. 18. Cum autem historia & ratio primae hujus onomasias impositionis nos fere fugiat, tutissimum judicamus, apocryphos ex oppositione canonicorum describi, quippe quibus non sunt filo pares. XIV. Hi sunt partim historici, partim didascalici. Historici sunt liber Tobiae, oratio Manassis, liber Judithae, Baruchi, epistola Jeremiae, adjectiones in Daniele, Esdrae liber tertius & quartus, adjectiones ad librum Estherae, liber Simonis summi sacerdotis, qui vulgo Maccabaeorum tertius, & Maccabaeorum primus & secundus. Vide ibidem caput 14. de libris apocryphis a principio usque ad Aphorismum 14. XV. Didascalici sunt liber Sapientiae & Ecclesiasticus.