Jews and Protestants dispute this, claiming these 7 books are not canonical. 7:12). He grouped the seven deuterocanonical books (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and I & II Maccabees) of the Old Testament under the title "Apocrypha," declaring, "These are books which are not ⦠When Pope Damasus and the Councils of Carthage and Hippo included the deuterocanon in Scripture, that was good enough for St. Jerome. Hebrews 11:35 refers unmistakably to 2 Maccabees 7. This reference supports the Catholic position that the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible ⦠So why aren't the deuterocanonical books in today's Jewish Bible, anyway? 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. When I was entering the Catholic Church, I was confused by the fact that Protestants used a slightly different Bible. 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. Eventually this version was adopted by the vast majority of Jews — though not all. Not one of these Old Testament books is ever quoted or alluded to by Christ or the Apostles in the New Testament. 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. We see this pattern throughout the New Testament. Likewise, in other writings he underscores this rejection of James from the New Testament, calling it "an epistle full of straw . consecrated) the Temple in 1 Maccabees 4:36-59 and 2 Maccabees 10:1-8. 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 … This greatly saddens me how people believe such nonsense. 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. These and other examples which could be given are not "errors" because they're not truth claims about astronomy or historical events. When addressing the Pharisees, another Jewish faction of the time, Jesus does the same thing. That is, He treats the Feast of Hanukkah from the so-called "apocryphal" books of 1 and 2 Maccabees exactly as He treats accounts of the manna (John 6:32-33; Exodus 16:4), the Bronze Serpent (John 3:14; Numbers 21:4-9), and Jacob's Ladder (John 1:51; Genesis 28:12) — as inspired, prophetic, scriptural images of Himself. As the Catholic ⦠These books include: 1. The deuterocanonical books are not found in the Hebrew Bible. In the same way, it is largely the ignorance of this sad history that drives many to reject the deuterocanonical books. In strict fact, there was no ewe lamb, no theft, and no rich and poor men. In addition, most Scripture scholars believe that 1 Maccabees, Judith, Baruch and parts of Wisdom were also originally written in Hebrew.) Some books of the Catholic Bible arenât in the Protestant Bible. The modern bible is not just one book, but many books, stories and historical events that have been compiled into a single volume. First, numerous non-canonical books are quoted in the New Testament. The extra books in the Roman Catholic Bible are from the Apocrypha. Here are 5 books that are not included in the Bible. Jews and Protestants have an Old Testament of 39 books, while the Catholic Old Testament contains 46. Catholics do not worship statues or saints. At the Council of Trent (A.D. 1546) the Roman Catholic Church included them in their Bible. Question: What's the difference between a Catholic Bible and a Protestant one? With revilement and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience. Not even once! "These are books which are not ⦠This is not the assertion of the Ptolemiac theory that the sun revolves around the earth. Several things can be said in response to this argument. These include 1 and 2 Maccabees, Judith, Tobit, Baruch, Sirach, and Wisdom, and additions to the books of Esther and Daniel. No. The Protestant Bible and Catholic Bible are not the same book. This was precisely why the Sadducees argued with Jesus against the reality of the resurrection in Matthew 22:23-33: they couldn't see it in the five books of Moses and they did not regard the later books of Scripture which spoke of it explicitly (such as Isaiah and 2 Maccabees) to be inspired and canonical. For I wasn't relating my own personal views, but rather the remarks that they [the Jews] are wont to make against us" (Against Rufinus 11:33 [A.D. 402]). We know what Nathan was trying to say and the way he was trying to say it. Were those 7 books removed by the Protestants, or added by the Catholics? I did come across something the other day that troubled me. The Roman Catholic Bible contains seven books that do not appear in most Protestant Bibles. This myth is built on another attempt to distinguish between the deuterocanonical books and "true Scripture." Conversely, if a given book is not quoted, it must not be canonical. The reason why politicians often put their hand on a Bible … Catholic Bibles contain Old Testament books not found in Protestant Bibles and as such Catholics are sometimes asked to explain this discrepancy. But he who brings charges against me for relating the objections that the Hebrews are wont to raise against the story of Susanna, the Son of the Three Children, and the story of Bel and the Dragon, which are not found in the Hebrew volume (ie. He grouped the seven deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament under the title "Apocrypha," declaring. To tweak the old proverb, "What's sauce for the apostolic goose is sauce for the deuterocanonical gander." To be sure, there are lots of theological topics on which Catholics and Protestants disagree, but for sheer number of popular Protestant arguments that are explicitly and undeniably false, nothing tops the question of where the Bible comes from and how many books ⦠He is the author of numerous books, including Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life, By What Authority? I am a Protestant but have been drawn to the Catholic Church for some time. Answer by Rev. And we, of course, do get it, particularly if we're reading the story in the original Hebrew. The first is the "Quotation Equals Canonicity" myth. 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. Christ and the Apostles frequently quoted Old Testament Scripture as their authority, but they never quoted from the deuterocanonical books, nor did they even mention them. The writing of Scripture continued until the first century A.D., when Revelation was complete. . 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 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.). Why are Protestant Bibles missing these books? None of the apocryphal books were ever quoted in the New Testament. . 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 Books In Question The Catholic Bible has seven books ⦠Why is this? Elsewhere St. Paul makes it clear that certain teachings he's passing along are "not I, but the Lord" speaking (1 Cor. Matthew 27:42-43). 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? In his later years St. Jerome did indeed accept the Deuter-ocanonical books of the Bible. We know who Raphael is all along. That's history. The Protestant and the Catholic bibles are different from one another today. I call these explanations "myths" because they are either incorrect or simply inadequate reasons for rejecting these books of Scripture. Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. Clearly, if these books were part of Scripture, the Lord would have cited them. First of all, I have heard that these 7 books are not in the Hebrew bible. They have been in the Catholic Bible from the late fourth century until today. At least the first one actually answered which 7 Books of the Catholic Bible that the Protestants indeed threw out. Mark J. Gantley, JCL on 5/1/2005: The canon of Scripture is the list of 73 books that belong to the Bible. There are no extra books in the Bible, however Protestants have taken out seven books that were in it for 1500 years. However, many Protestant versions of the Bible today will state, "King James version with Apocrypha." I have a question about the 7 missing books from the protestant bible. for it has nothing of the nature of the gospel about it" (Preface to the New Testament). See what you will gain if you pray the Holy Rosary today. This meant that she saw her deception as acceptable, even laudable, because she was eliminating a deadly foe of her people. Does Jesus say to them "You do greatly err, not knowing Isaiah and 2 Maccabees"? Thus, the difference is only prevalent in the Old Testament, with 39 books in the Protestant Bible and 47 books in the Catholic Bible. © 1996-2019 Catholic Education Resource Center | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Sitemap, CERC is an entirely reader-supported web site and non-profit charity. They are Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus and Baruch. Get it?" 6, p. 1147). The apocryphal books were not considered to be inspired and thus were not recognized by the church as part of the Bible. The background to this theory goes like this: Jesus and the Apostles, being Jews, used the same Bible Jews use today. One thing that they did was to decide officially the list of books that were to compose their Scriptures. They did this at the Council of Jamnia (about 100 A.D.), at which they rejected the seven Deuterocanonical books because they believed that they were not written in Hebrew. The missing books you refer to in the KJV are most likely the apocryphal books which are generally not found in any Protestant translation (NASB, NAS, NIV, RSV, etc.). 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. and the time of Christ. Second, if quotation equals canonicity, then there are numerous books of the protocanonical Old Testament which would have to be excluded. In 405 AD, Pope Innocent I wrote a letter to the Bishop of Toulouse reaffirming this canon of 7… Indeed, by using the name "Yahweh helps," Raphael isn't so much "lying" about his real name as he is revealing the deepest truth about who God is and why God sent him to Tobit. This list was finally approved by Pope Damasus I in 382 AD, and was formally approved by the Church Council of Rome in that same year. Prior to such ease of information, the only thing we really had on them was the commentary in our Bibleâs about why they were not ⦠That's why Christ and the Apostles didn't hesitate to argue with them from the books they acknowledged as Scripture. 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. Some people will tell you that there must have been since, they say, Jesus held people accountable to obey the Scriptures. Later Councils at Hippo (393 AD) and Carthage (397 AD) ratified this list of 73 books. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles The Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches did not follow the Protestant revisions, and they continue to base their Old Testament on the Septuagint. For example, one may as well say that St. Paul's declaration of himself as "one born abnormally" or as being the "chief of sinners" (he mentions this in the present, not past tense) necessarily makes his writings worthless. These are also the books that make up the Hebrew Bible or Jewish Canon. With respect to Raphael, it's much more dubious that the author intended, or that his audience understood him to mean, "Angels lie. He also axed from the canon Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation, consigning them to a quasi-canonical status. In other words, the Old Testament canon recognized by Ethiopian Jews is identical to the Catholic Old Testament, including the seven deuterocanonical books (cf. Jesus, standing near the Temple during the feast of Hanukkah, speaks of His being "set apart," just as Judas Maccabeus "set apart" (ie. So should you." Catholics do not worship statues or saints. All of the Deuterocanonical books ⦠I believe you will see more mainline Protestants, myself being an example, drop most of our resistence to the 7 books as more information comes out via believe it or not on the internet. 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. The deuterocanonical books are not found in the Hebrew Bible. Thus, Church and synagogue went their separate ways, not in the Middle Ages or the 16th century, but in the 1st century. The apocrypha consists of a set of books written between approximately 400 B.C. Response: The Catholic Bible contains all the books that have traditionally been accepted by Christians since the Canon of Scripture was recognized by the Synod of Rome in 382. People don't talk much about the deuterocanon these days. Let's explore the five most common of these myths and see how to respond to them. They are interspersed throughout the Old Testament. How can Catholics explain that such "divinely inspired" books would endorse lying and get their facts wrong? And this brings us to the "remarkable dilemmas" I referred to at the start of this article of trusting the Protestant Reformers' private opinions about the deuterocanon. (The word "Bible" means "the Book.") Prior to this point in time there had never been any formal effort among the Jews to "define the canon" of Scripture. Raphael introduced himself as "Azariah," which means "Yahweh helps," and then rattles off a string of supposed mutual relations, all with names meaning things like "Yahweh is merciful," "Yahweh gives," and "Yahweh hears." "Cupcake" has no idea what she (or he) is talking about. Later Lutherans followed Lutherâs Old Testament list and rejected the Deuterocanonical books, but they did not follow his rejection of the New Testament books. 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. The Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox New Testaments are identical, all containing 27 books. This is a vastly more direct "disclaimer of inspiration" than the oblique deuterocanonical passages cited above, yet nobody argues that St. Paul's writings should be excluded from Scripture, as some say the whole of the deuterocanon should be excluded from the Old Testament, simply on the strength of these modest passages from Sirach and 2 Maccabees. So why does the Catholic Bible have 73 books, while the Protestant Bible has only 66 books? And to add about the Bible, the Catholic Bible is the same Holy Bible, just including 7 books. But few realize that in Mark 7:6-8 the Lord was quoting the version of Isaiah that is found only in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament. (35) Women received their dead by resurrection. He "followed the judgment of the churches.". 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 various wacky Catholic traditions that were added to the gospel. 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. This myth might be raised when it becomes clear that the allegation that the deuterocanonical books were "added" by the Catholic Church is fallacious. John 10:22-36). In this passage Christ condemns "teaching as doctrines human traditions." There are two Books of Chronicles in the Bible, though some consider they may have originally been one book.The protestant bible has a total of 66 books in it. Envoy 2001. In about 367 AD, St. Athanasius came up with a list of 73 books for the Bible that he believed to be divinely inspired. Here's what you need to know about the difference. Raphael gives a false name. The King James Bible is the most popularly used book among Christians and you won't find these religious scriptures in there. The fact is, if we follow Luther in throwing out the deuterocanonical books despite the overwhelming evidence from history showing that we shouldn't (ie. This doesn't make them heretics. 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. The following list is the 7 books that the Catholics include that the Protestants do not⦠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. 1:15)? Some Protestant Bibles, such as the original King James Version, include 14 additional books known as the Apocrypha, though these are not ⦠In fact, the opposite is true: Protestant reformers rejected some parts of the Bible.. If the book of Judith is to be excluded from the canon on this basis, so must Exodus. In fact, we find that the New Testament is filled with references to the Septuagint (and its particular translation of various Old Testament passages) as Scripture. Those 7 books were taken out in the 1700's which modified the Bible. 7 books of the Old Testament that Catholics believe are the inerrant Word of God, and that Protestants do not. 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. Mark P. Shea is a popular Catholic writer and speaker. Their omission in Protestant Bibles leaves a chronological gap in salvation history. (The word “Bible” means “the Book.”) The earliest writings of the Bible were likely composed in the 10th century B.C. Protestants offer various explanations to explain why they reject the deuterocanonical books as Scripture. 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. Hint: the second commandment (idolatry) has been omitted from the Catholic⦠The book of Judith, for example, gets several points of history and geography wrong. Here are 5 books that are not included in the Bible. He lives in Washington state with his wife, Janet, and their four sons. If you've ever engaged in discussion about these books with a Protestant, you will have probably heard them say something along these lines, "One way we know those books ⦠So please ⦠With this background, we can now address why the Protestant versions of the Bible have less books than the Catholic versions. So he is the king of Israel! 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. The result is that these versions of the Bible have more Old Testament books than most Protestant versions. Likewise, when the Gospels say the women came to the tomb at sunrise, there is no scientific error here. 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. Protestants call the âextraâ 7 books in the Catholic Old Testament âapocryphalâ ⦠The Catholic Bible has the Apocrypha and the Christian Bible does not. But the divine establishment of this key feast day is recorded only in the deuterocanonical books of 1 and 2 Maccabees. By this device, the author is saying (with a nudge and a wink), "Psst, audience. 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