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Why were the deuterocanonical books eliminated from the Protestant Bible?
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At the time of the Reformation, the canon of the Bible was called into question. The books now termed deuterocanoncial that called 'apocrypha' by the Protestants, who did not believe they were inspired, in the way the other books were thought to be inspired.
When we look at 1 Macabees and 2 Macabees, two deuterocanonical books of the Catholic Old Testament, they could scarcely be more different, even though they appear to have been written about the same time and cover approximately the same historical period. At least one of them has to have been no more than a work of its author's imagination. The early Protestant leaders compromised, but essentially sought to retain those books that would bring credit upon Christianity.
Among the New Testament books, the Book of Revelation survived, to remain in the Prostestant Bible, although Calvin had an aversion to that book.
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What is the difference of protocanonical and deuterocanonical?
the difference between the two is that the protocanonical books are the ones which includes some of the books in the protestant religion, while deuterocanonicals are purely catholic books in the bible.
Is New American Standard Bible catholic?
The New American Standard Bible is not Catholic and is missing the deuterocanonical books removed by the Protestant Reformers. The New American Bible, however, is Catholic.
Does the protestant Old Testament contain the same books as the Hebrew bible?
It depends on the denomination, but the general answer is No. Even if it has only the books present in the Jewish Bible, as opposed to some deuterocanonical books, it have extra chapters in some of the later books (like Daniel) and the order in a Protestant Old Testament will certainly be different than the Jewish Bible.
How many more books are in the Catholic bible?
The Catholic Bible has 7 more books than the Protestant Bible in the Old Testament. These books are called the deuterocanonical books or the "Apocrypha". The books of the New Testament are the same. The books include:TobitJudithSirach (Ecclesiasticus)Wisdom (or Wisdom of Solomon)Baruch1 Maccabees2 Maccabees
What is the name of the Catholic Bible?
The Protestant Bible has no specific name associated with it, other than "the Bible" or "the Holy Bible." The distinction is usually in the content; the Protestant Bible omits the Apocrypha and the Deuterocanonical books usually included in Roman Catholic texts. Both Catholic and Protestant Bibles come in a wide variety of translations.
What name has been given to the intertestamental books that cover Jewish history and theology but are not included in the Protestant Bible?
The Catholic Church calls these Deuterocanonical Books, because the form a 'second' canon. Another name for them is Apocryphal Books.
What books are taken out of the Bible?
The books that form what is now known as the Bible were not originally written in order to be included in a 'Bible'. They were simply written to meet the religious or political purposes of their times. When, later, the concept of a collection of books, a 'Bible', came to the fore, some books were included and some were not.Until the first Bibles were compiled, there were no books in the Bible, to be taken out. It was merely a case of which of the many hundreds of potentially suitable books would be included, and which would not.Having said that, the Catholic Church included, and still includes, 15 'Deuterocanonical' books in its Old Testament. These were not included in the Hebrew Bible and, on the precedent of the Hebrew Bible, are not included in the Protestant Bible. Even the Catholic Church regards the Deuterocanonical books as not inspired in the same way as the canonical books are.
How many books in NRSV bible?
The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (NRSV) contains both the standard Protestant canon and the books that are traditionally used by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians (called "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books).Total of 73 books.In standard NRSV editions, the "Apocryphal" or "Deuterocanonical" books are included in its own section after the Old Testament books, and the Catholic edition of the NRSV includes those books in the Old Testament in the order defined by the Roman Catholic church.
What is the number od books in the Bible?
73 books in the Bible There are 67 books in the Protestant Bible.
Are there 3000 books in the Bible?
No. In Christian Bible there is 73 books - but Protestant Bible have 66 books.
Does the Catholic Bible contain a sentence stating that you must not give or take blood tranfusions?
The only difference between the "Catholic Bible" and the "protestant Bible" is that the protestant Bible not longer contains the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Maccabees, parts of Esther, and Daniel. There is no sentence in the Bible that contains a sentence condemning blood transfusions.
Is the aporcrypha the protestant Bible?
No - the Apocryphal books are non-canonical, that is, they are not part of the Protestant Bible.
