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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Authentication of Documents (Ḳiyyum, Asharta, Henpek)

The term is used in two senses. It is applied first to a book or document whose contents are invested with a special authority, in virtue of which the work is called authentic. In its second sense it is used as a synonym for "genuine", and therefore means that a work really emanates from the author to whom it is ascribed. The article VULGATE explains the first sense of the word; the articles on the single books of Sacred Scripture illustrate the second.