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Sep 1, 2000 · Did the Catholic Church add seven books—1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Wisdom, Baruch, Tobit, and Judith—to the Old Testament? Here's how to answer this common claim.
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Why did the Catholic Church add 7 deuterocanonical books?
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Are Deuterocanonical books inspired by the New Testament?
Why are Deuterocanonical books called second canon books?
The Catholic Church considers that in the Council of Rome in 382 AD, under the Papacy of Damasus I, was defined the complete canon of the Bible, accepting 46 books for the Old Testament, including what the Reformed Churches consider as deuterocanonical books, and 27 books for the New Testament.
The deuterocanonicals teach Catholic doctrine, and for this reason they were taken out of the Old Testament by Martin Luther and placed in an appendix without page numbers. Luther also took out four New Testament books—Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation—and put them in an appendix without page numbers as well.
Mar 26, 2020 · Protestants often claim the deuterocanonical books aren't inspired because they aren't directly quoted in the New Testament. Read the Catholic answer here.
Dec 21, 2021 · Outlines and Materials for Study of the Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament
The Apocrypha (also called the Deuterocanonical books) are included in Roman Catholic Bibles and are used by some other traditions within Christianity. What are these additional writings? What is their origin?
Roman Catholics call them deuterocanonical books, not because they are inferior to the proto-canonical, or first canon books, but rather because their status was decided later in history. Who is correct? Which books belong in the Old Testament as part of Holy Scripture?
