Bible Question: Why is the Apocrypha in some Bibles and not in others? |
Bible Answer: The Hebrew Bible just has our OT part, the Catholic Bible includes the Apocrypha, while the Protestant Bible does not. The overriding reason for the exclusion of the Apocrypha is to say Protestants believe they're not inspired, thus not Word of God. Under this heading, various reasons are suggested, some being 1 factual fallacies (say regarding historical facts) are found, 2 they have no recognized Hebrew originals, 3 they're not in the Hebrew Bible traditionally used, 4 if they're included, the resultant "Bible" (OT) doesn't fit the descriptions in the NT |