In the mythology of Eastern Christian Orthodoxy, there is a delightful term ἀναγιγνωσκόμενα ("anagignoskomena", literally "something to read"), that applies to the books of the Septuagint which are not a part of the Hebrew canon, and regarded as irrelevant by the protestants, but still considered a part of the Old Testament by the Eastern and Ethiopean Orthodox churches. This an excellent metaphor to describe the way examinable material in the CICM Fellowship Exam gently slides away from the centre as the syllabus changes. To look at each item would make it difficult to reject it, as they still seem useful, but they may never appear in the exams again, and are left here mainly because they get referred to by some of the earlier questions. They include:
Following the biblical theme, these were bundled together under the heading Deuterocanon, to reflect their persistent but diminished and largely historical relevance to the process of studying for the modern version of the exam. They will sit here and wait for other topics to join them, which will probably happen after each College synod. In contrast, materials which have never appeared in the syllabus or in the papers are collected under "Apocrypha", rightly removed from the centre of authority, as they originate from the ravings of a mad hermit.