"Antilegomena" (from Greek αντιλεγομένα, meaning things contradicted or disputed, literally spoken against) was an epithet the Church Fathers used to denote books of the New Testament that, although sometimes publicly read in the churches, were not—for a considerable amount of time—considered to be genuine, or received into the canon of Scripture. They were thus contrasted with the "Homologoumena" (from Greek ομολογουμένα), or universally acknowledged writings. The Epistle to the Hebrews is also listed earlier: