Heb. Their private opinions about the deuterocanon were just that: private opinions. Which were in the original version of the Bible. As most, if not all, of you know, there is a 7 book difference between the Catholic bible and the Protestant bible. The Protestant and the Catholic bibles are different from one another today. This version of the Bible included the seven Deuterocanonical books. In this short essay we will briefly cover the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles and the reasons behind those differences. Similarly, both Judith and Tobit have a number of historical and geographical errors, not because they're presenting bad history and erroneous geography, but because they're first-rate pious stories that don't pretend to be remotely interested with teaching history or geography, any more than the Resurrection narratives in the Gospels are interested in astronomy. The canon of Scripture is the list of 73 books that belong to the Bible. The word “apocrypha” (απόκρυφα) means “Hidden.” These books consist of 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, the Wisdom of … Seven books of the Bible, all in the Old Testament, are accepted by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, but are not accepted by Jews or Protestants. These include the Book of Enoch and the Assumption of Moses (quoted by St. Jude), the Ascension of Isaiah (alluded to in Hebrews 11:37), and the writings of the pagan poets Epimenides, Aratus, and Menander (quoted by St. Paul in Acts, 1 Corinthians, and Titus). For he said, ÔI am the Son of God'" (cf. Roman Catholic Answer from … Catholic Bibles contain Old Testament books not found in Protestant Bibles and as such Catholics are sometimes asked to explain this discrepancy. Likewise, the canon of Scripture, though it more or less assumed its present shape — which included the deuterocanonical books — by about A.D. 380, nonetheless wasn't dogmatically defined by the Church for another thousand years. Matthew 27:42-43). Catholic vs. Protestant Bibles By Greg Witherow Catholic Bibles contain Old Testament books not found in Protestant Bibles and as such Catholics are sometimes asked to explain this discrepancy. Were those 7 books removed by the Protestants, or added by the Catholics? These are also the books that make up the Hebrew Bible or Jewish Canon. The Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox New Testaments are identical, all containing 27 books. Given this amazing criterion, are we to believe the Holy Spirit "forgot" whom St. Paul baptized, or did He inspire St. Paul to forget (1 Cor. Mark P. Shea "5 Myths about 7 Books." The modern bible is not just one book, but many books, stories and historical events that have been compiled into a single volume. Rome, ever ornery, reacted by officially adding the deuterocanonical books at the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and started telling Catholics "they had always been there.". The Books In Question The Catholic Bible has seven books … People don't talk much about the deuterocanon these days. Many Christians believe there is one Bible, but biblical canon has changed repeatedly over the centuries. So the Church hardly felt the obligation to conform to the wishes of the rabbis in excluding the deuterocanonical books any more than they felt obliged to follow the rabbis in rejecting the New Testament writings. The extra books in the Roman Catholic Bible are from the Apocrypha. Just read thru (for the first time) the assention of our Holy Mother Mary into Heaven in one of the books in the Orthodox Bible. Because the Jews who formulated the modern Jewish canon were a) not interested in apostolic teaching and, b) driven by a very different set of concerns from those motivating the apostolic community. But the Epistle of James wasn't the only casualty on Luther's hit list. The book of Judith, for example, gets several points of history and geography wrong. As St. Jerome said, it is upon the basis of "the judgment of the churches" and no other that the canon of Scripture is known, since the Scriptures are simply the written portion of the Church's apostolic tradition. He is also known nationally for his one minute "Words of Encouragement" on Catholic radio and for his Catholic and Enjoying It blog. We have to go back in history to explain why. If the book of Judith is to be excluded from the canon on this basis, so must Exodus. Let's explore the five most common of these myths and see how to respond to them. The rest of the Old Testament was regarded by them in much the same way the deuterocanon is regarded by Protestant Christians today: nice, but not the inspired Word of God. This argument fails for two reasons. For in fact, Jesus held people accountable to obey their conscience and therefore, to obey Scripture insofar as they were able to grasp what constituted "Scripture.". Far from adding the books to the authentic canon of Scripture, the Catholic Church simply did its best to keep people from subtracting books that belong there. Protestant Bibles comprise 39 books of the Old Testament (according to the Jewish Hebrew Bible canon, known especially to non-Protestants as the protocanonical books) and the 27 books of the New Testament for a total of 66 books. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. He grouped the seven deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament under the title "Apocrypha," declaring. This greatly saddens me how people believe such nonsense. So too, when the prophet Nathan tells King David the story of the "rich man" who stole a "poor man's" ewe lamb and slaughtered it, Nathan is not a liar if he cannot produce the carcass or identify the two men in his story. column to the National Catholic Register. But Protestants didn't just take out books; they used a different standard of what should be in the Bible. The 1609 Douai Bible includes them in an appendix, but they have not been included in English Catholic Bibles since the Challoner revision of the Douai Bible in 1750. That's no myth. It presents the truths of the Catholic Faith in a fresh, contemporary style, featuring today's top Catholic writers, full-color graphics, and an upbeat, innovative format. Notice too that the Lord and His Apostles observed the Jewish feast of Hanukkah (cf. Common Misunderstanding: That since the Catholic Old Testament contains seven more books than Protestant Bibles, the Catholic Church must have added later to justify doctrines that Jesus did not teach. The Catholic Bible has the Apocrypha and the Christian Bible does not. And the Angel Raphael appears under a false name to Tobit. With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. At least the first one actually answered which 7 Books of the Catholic Bible that the Protestants indeed threw out. Even today Ethiopian Jews still use the Septuagint version, not the shorter Palestinian canon settled upon by the rabbis at Javneh. The Protestant and the Catholic bibles are different from one another today. In the intervening time, we can find a few Fathers writing before Nicaea who, in good faith, expressed theories about the nature of the Godhead that were rendered inadequate after Nicaea's definition. … Sirach opens with a brief preface by the author's grandson saying, in part, that he is translating grandpa's book, that he thinks the book important and that, "You therefore are now invited to read it in a spirit of attentive good will, with indulgence for any apparent failure on our part, despite earnest efforts, in the interpretation of particular passages." (The word “Bible” means “the Book.”) The earliest writings of the Bible were likely composed in the 10th century B.C. I was aware that the Catholic bible contains books that the Protestant bible does not. Because in St. Paul's case people recognize that a writer can be writing under inspiration even when he doesn't realize it and doesn't claim it, and that inspiration is not such a flat-footed affair as "direct dictation" by the Holy Spirit to the author. canon), proves that he is just a foolish sycophant. For instance, Wisdom 2:12-20, reads in part, "For if the just one be the son of God, he will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes. Second, our understanding of doctrine develops. On the contrary, Tobit is a classic example of an "entertaining angels unaware" story (cf. 7 books were added to the Old Testament Canon of Scripture. Consider his statement in 1 Corinthians 1:16 that he can't remember whom he baptized. The folks who do are mostly Christians, and they usually fall into two general groupings: Catholics — who usually don't know their Bibles very well and, therefore, don't know much about the deuterocanonical books, and Protestants — who may know their Bibles a bit better, though their Bibles don't have the deuterocanonical books in them anyway, so they don't know anything about them either. The problem is that its basis in history is gossamer thin. We’ll take a look at that today. This was the version of the Old Testament used by the New Testament authors and by Christians during the first century A.D. With the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in the year 70 A.D. and because the Christians were seen as a threat, the Jewish leaders saw a need to get their house in order. With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. In the late 4th century, these books, and scriptures, were compiled into a single volume. We know who Raphael is all along. The Catholic Bible has 73 books, 46 in the Old Testament (Protestant Bibles have 39) and 27 in the New Testament (same as Protestant Bibles). This myth might be raised when it becomes clear that the allegation that the deuterocanonical books were "added" by the Catholic Church is fallacious. First, no Church Father is infallible. I am a Protestant but have been drawn to the Catholic Church for some time. With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. The fact is that after the birth of the Church on the day of Pentecost, the rabbis no longer had authority from God to settle such issues. No. In the case of Judith lying to King Holofernes in order to save her people, we must recall that she was acting in light of Jewish understanding as it had developed until that time. The apocrypha consists of a set of books written between approximately 400 B.C. Let's take the problem of alleged "factual errors" first. If these books were included it would answer allot of subjects argued between Protestants … Catholic Bibles have 73 books in them. Some Protestant Bibles, such as the original King James Version, include 14 additional books known as the Apocrypha, though these are not considered canonical. Many Christians believe there is one Bible, but biblical canon has changed repeatedly over the centuries. The Roman Catholic Bible contains seven books that do not appear in most Protestant Bibles. The early Church did not require all Scripture to be written in Hebrew, and the New Testament books were written in Greek. This verse has formed the basis for countless complaints against the Catholic Church for supposedly "adding" to Scripture man-made traditions, such as the "merely human works" of the deuterocanononical books. Not even once! The other fallacy behind Myth #2 is that, far from being ignored in the New Testament (like Ecclesiastes, Esther, and 1 Chronicles) the deuterocanonical books are indeed quoted and alluded to in the New Testament. He simply holds the Sadducees accountable to take seriously the portion of Scripture they do acknowledge: that is, He argues for the resurrection based on the five books of the Law. Jews and Protestants dispute this, claiming these 7 books are not canonical. The books we have in our Bibles were accepted according to whether they did or did not measure up to standards based entirely on Sacred Tradition and the divinely delegated authority of the Body of Christ in council and in union with Peter. Several things can be said in response to this argument. Books in catholic bible not in protestant, The deuterocanonical books are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East to be canonical books of the Old Testament but which are considered non-canonical by Protestant The Masoretic Text did not include the seven deuterocanonical books … Similarly, St. Paul alludes clearly to Wisdom chapters 12 and 13 in Romans 1:19-25. 1:15)? The deuterocanonical books are not found in the Hebrew Bible. In 405 AD, Pope Innocent I wrote a letter to the Bishop of Toulouse reaffirming this canon of 7… Very well then, but what of the moral and theological "errors"? They were added by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent after Luther rejected it. Here are the answers to five common arguments Protestants give for rejecting the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament. He grouped the seven deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament under the title "Apocrypha," declaring. Second, if quotation equals canonicity, then there are numerous books of the protocanonical Old Testament which would have to be excluded. When addressing the Pharisees, another Jewish faction of the time, Jesus does the same thing. The only basis we have for determining the canon of the Scripture is the authority of the Church Christ established, through whom the Scriptures came. The King James Bible is the most popularly used book among Christians and you won't find these religious scriptures in there. and the time of Christ. © 1996-2019 Catholic Education Resource Center | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Sitemap, CERC is an entirely reader-supported web site and non-profit charity. But as with the Sadducees, this doesn't imply that Christ or the Apostles limited the canon of Scripture only to what the Pharisees acknowledged. For example, the Hebrew Bible has one book of Samuel, while the Protestant Bible has I … Protestants offer various explanations to explain why they reject the deuterocanonical books as Scripture. That charism is reserved uniquely to the pope, in an extraordinary sense and, in an ordinary sense, corporately to all the lawful bishops of the Catholic Church who are in full communion with the pope and are teaching definitively in an ecumenical council. First, it's important to note that the New Testament of the Bible is exactly the same between Catholics and Protestants. The deuterocanonical books are not found in the Hebrew Bible. (The word "Bible" means "the Book.") This is a fine theory. And this applies to the handful of Church Fathers and theologians who expressed reservations about the deuterocanon. They are interspersed throughout the Old Testament. This is not the assertion of the Ptolemiac theory that the sun revolves around the earth. First, from a certain perspective, there are "errors" in the deuterocanonical books. However, many Protestant versions of the Bible today will state, "King James version with Apocrypha." First, is it reasonable to think that these typically oriental expressions of humility really constitute anything besides a sort of gesture of politeness and the customary downplaying of one's own talents, something common among ancient writers in Middle Eastern cultures? Were those 7 books removed by the Protestants, or added by the Catholics? They are Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus and Baruch. This means that doctrines which may not have been clearly defined sometimes get defined. This would include the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Obadiah, Zephaniah, Judges, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Lamentations and Nahum. The Protestant church generally does not believe these books are inspired and therefore canonical, that is authoritative and deserving to be a part of the Bible … Why wasn’t there just one Bible? The following list is the 7 books that the Catholics include that the Protestants do not. The modern bible is not just one book, but many books, stories and historical events that have been compiled into a single volume. The first is the Ten Commandments are different. Judith lies. (35) Women received their dead by resurrection. Protestant bibles only have 66 books, since Luther threw out 7 books of the Bible he didn't personally agree with. This greatly saddens me how people believe such nonsense. I'll explain below. He did this for doctrinal reasons (for example: 2 Maccabees 12:43-46 supports the doctrine of purgatory, Hebrews supports the existence of the priesthood, and James 2:24 supports the Catholic doctrine on merit). Later Lutherans followed Luther’s Old Testament list and rejected the Deuterocanonical books, but they did not follow his rejection of the New Testament books. Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. Indeed, we even recognize that the Spirit can inspire the writers to make true statements about themselves, such as when St. Paul tells the Corinthians he couldn't remember whom he had baptized. 7:10), whereas in other cases, "I, not the Lord" am speaking (cf. But last and most interesting of all in this stellar lineup is a certain Father already mentioned: St. Jerome. In earlier correspondence with Pope Damasus, Jerome did not call the deuterocanonical books unscriptural, he simply said that Jews he knew did not regard them as canonical. It assumes that if a book is quoted or alluded to by the Apostles or Christ, it is ipso facto shown to be part of the Old Testament. The apocryphal books were not considered to be inspired and thus were not recognized by the church as part of the Bible. In the U.S., when they recently issued a printing of the original edition of the KJV, celebrating the four hundredth anniversary, it interestingly left out those 7 books found in the original printing. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. These details were used in a metaphor to rebuke King David for his adultery with Bathsheba. 6, p. 1147). The process of defining that canon was not yet complete, and there were a few different collections of Scripture in circulation among the Jews.The two most widely accepted collections of Old Testament writings at that time were: 1. Likewise, the editor of 2 Maccabees opens with comments about how tough it was to compose the book and closes with a sort of shrug saying, "I will bring my own story to an end here too. For starters, let’s all get on the same page. It just means that Michael Jordan misses layups once in awhile. This myth is built on another attempt to distinguish between the deuterocanonical books and "true Scripture." These books come from both the Old Testament and the New Testament alike. Elsewhere St. Paul makes it clear that certain teachings he's passing along are "not I, but the Lord" speaking (1 Cor. See what you will gain if you pray the Holy Rosary today. Open this link NOW. And finally, this myth begins to disintegrate when you point out that the overwhelming majority of Church Fathers and other early Christian writers regarded the deuterocanonical books as having exactly the same inspired, scriptural status as the other Old Testament books. The version of the Bible in use at the time of Jesus was the Septuagint (abbreviated LXX, for the 70 men who translated it from Hebrew into Greek by the beginning of the first century B.C.). All of the Deuterocanonical books … The fact of the matter is that neither the Council of Trent nor the Council of Florence added a thing to the Old Testament canon. The early Church Fathers, such as St. Athanasius and St. Jerome (who translated the official Bible of the Catholic Church), rejected the deuterocanonical books as Scripture, and the Catholic Church added these books to the canon at the Council of Trent. In this passage Christ condemns "teaching as doctrines human traditions." There is no distinction made by Christ or the Apostles between the deuterocanonical books and the rest of the Old Testament. They are known as the Deuterocanon, they include the bolded books below (in the Old Testament list) and parts of Esther (10:4-16, 14) and Daniel (3:24-90, 13, 14). I’ll explain below. Does He bind them to acknowledge these books as canonical? So they do. In 1534, Martin Luther translated the Bible into German. With respect to Raphael, it's much more dubious that the author intended, or that his audience understood him to mean, "Angels lie. Get it?" Open this link NOWÂ, See what you will gain if you pray the Holy Rosary today. Some people will tell you that there must have been since, they say, Jesus held people accountable to obey the Scriptures. The seven "extra" books of the Catholic Bible are called Deuterocanonical books or "Apocrypha" by Protestants. These were the last books of the Old Testament written, composed in the last two centuries B.C. Here are 5 books that are not included in the Bible. Host: Linda, let me use it a little hockey analogy: you’ve given a really good slap shot at the goalie, let me just put my stick up and tip the puck as it goes by me to ask Dr. Barber to define what Linda means by the deuterocanonical books. In the same way, it is largely the ignorance of this sad history that drives many to reject the deuterocanonical books. The Hebrew Bible has 24 books. However, Protestant bibles contain 66 books while Catholic bibles include 73. Did the Catholic Church add things to the Bible? With the stage thus set for informed ecumenical dialogue, it's no wonder most people think the deuterocanon is some sort of particle weapon recently perfected by the Pentagon. Catholic Old Testaments include 1st and 2nd Maccabees , Baruch , Tobit , Judith , The Wisdom of Solomon , Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), additions to Esther, and the stories of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon which are included in Daniel. Saint Jerome translating the Bible, by Caravaggio, painted in 1606 Catholic Bibles are known to have more books than Protestant Bibles, and there is a very good reason for this. Some protestants believe that the Catholic Church added 7 books to the Bible at the Council of Trent in response to Luther’s Reformation, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Septuagint, complete with the deuterocanononical books, was first embraced, not by the Council of Trent, but by Jesus of Nazareth and his Apostles. They are interspersed throughout the Old Testament. The Protestant Old Testament includes exactly the same information, but organized into 39 books. First, it’s important to note that the New Testament of the Bible is exactly the same between Catholics and Protestants. In strict fact, there was no ewe lamb, no theft, and no rich and poor men. The same way we deal with other incidents in Scripture where similar incidents of lying or "errors" happen. These books come from both the Old Testament and the New Testament alike.In the late 4th century, these books, and scriptures, were compiled into a single volume. The New Testament however, has 27 books in both. Protestants call the “extra” 7 books in the Catholic Old Testament “apocryphal” … Envoy 2001. This proves the Catholic and Orthodox apologists wrong when they try to defend the apocrypha in the Bible. Correction: Two of the deuterocanonical books seem to disclaim inspiration, and even that is a dicey proposition. 1 Corinthians 7:40 provides an ambiguous statement that could, according to the principles of this myth, be understood to mean that St. Paul wasn't sure that his teaching was inspired or not. Another biblical example of this type of lying is when the Hebrew midwives lied to Pharaoh about the birth of Moses. . The earliest writings of the Bible were likely composed in the 10th century B.C. Seven books of the Bible, all in the Old Testament, are accepted by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, but are not accepted by Jews or Protestants. No longer have Protestants chosen to ‘hide’ those books at the back of the Bible, but have gone so far to remove them … But the divine establishment of this key feast day is recorded only in the deuterocanonical books of 1 and 2 Maccabees. In fact, the opposite is true: Protestant reformers rejected some parts of the Bible.. These books include: 1. This group of books is called "deuterocanonical" not (as some imagine) because they are a "second rate" or inferior canon, but because their status as being part of the canon of Scripture was settled later in time than certain books that always and everywhere were regarded as Scripture, such as Genesis, Isaiah, and Psalms. If it is well written and to the point, that is what I wanted; if it is poorly done and mediocre, that is the best I could do.". Likewise, in other writings he underscores this rejection of James from the New Testament, calling it "an epistle full of straw . Discussion: The most noticeable differences occur in the number of books included and the order in which they have been arranged. Raphael gives a false name. Second, speaking of St. Paul, we are confronted by even stronger and explicit examples of disclaimers regarding inspired status of his writings, yet no Protestant would feel compelled to exclude these Pauline writings from the New Testament canon. He is the author of numerous books, including Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life, By What Authority? First of all, I have heard that these 7 books are not in the Hebrew bible. - refers on to 2 Maccabees 7, "The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers", which book was removed from the Protestant Bible. In other words, the Old Testament canon recognized by Ethiopian Jews is identical to the Catholic Old Testament, including the seven deuterocanonical books (cf. This article is reprinted with permission from Envoy Magazine. This page is also available in: हिन्दी (Hindi) While all 66 books in Protestant Bibles are found in the Catholic Bible, the Catholic Bible includes other additional books known as the deuterocanonicals/Apocryph. Why is this? Jews and Protestants have an Old Testament of 39 books, while the Catholic Old Testament contains 46. It's that truth and not any fluff about history or geography or the fun using an alias that the author of Tobit aims to tell. However, after they passed from the scene, muddled hierarchs started adding books to the Bible either out of ignorance or because such books helped back up variou… Rather, they simply accepted and formally ratified the ancient practice of the Apostles and early Christians by dogmatically defining a collection of Old Testament Scripture (including the deuterocanon) that had been there since before the time of Christ, used by our Lord and his apostles, inherited and assumed by the Fathers, formulated and reiterated by various councils and popes for centuries and read in the liturgy and prayer for 1500 years. Why is that? John 10:22-36). That's why Christ and the Apostles didn't hesitate to argue with them from the books they acknowledged as Scripture. As we'll see in a moment, accepting this myth leads to some remarkable dilemmas a little further on. If quotation equals canonicity, then why aren't these writings in the canon of the Old Testament? Catholics do not worship statues or saints. The Roman Catholic Bible contains seven books that do not appear in most Protestant Bibles. Let's examine it. 7:12). With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. The deuterocanonical books (from the Greek meaning "belonging to the second canon") are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East to be canonical books of the Old Testament but which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations. The Church teaches that to have an authentic understanding of Scripture we must have in mind what the author was actually trying to assert, the way he was trying to assert it, and what is incidental to that assertion. This list, as accepted by the Catholic Church, was affirmed by the Council of Hippo in 393 A.D., by the Council of Carthage in 397 A.D., and by Pope Innocent I in 405 A.D. At the Ecumenical Council of Florence in 1442, the Catholic list was again restated, against those who wanted to include even more books. With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. Dr. Barber: Well sure.Certainly there are books in the Catholic Bible that are not in the Protestant Bible, or even in the modern Jewish Bible. In 1534, Martin Luther translated the Bible into German. Deuterocanonical books is a term used since the 16th century in the Catholic Church to describe certain books and passages of the Christian Old Testament that are not part of the Hebrew Bible. the unbroken tradition of the Church and the teachings of councils and popes), we get much more than we bargained for. 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