Bible Question: How come the HOly Bible has 66 books but the Catholics' bible has 73? |
Bible Answer: The Catholic Church includes the Old Testament books found in the Septuagint, or the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture that was in use among the Greek speaking Jewish disaphora at the time of Jesus and the Apostles. The books not found in current Protestant Bibles are: Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Wisdom of Solomon, Tobit, Judith, Baruch, 1 Macabees, 2 Macabees and some additional veses in the Greek versions of Ester and Daniel. Prostestants after the Reformation gradually adopted the Hebrew Old Tetsament cannon of established by the Jews of Palestine around 190 A.D. Emmaus |
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