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Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command, appointed to be read in churches.
The deuterocanonical books (literally "second canon") are not recognized as part of the canon of the Bible in Protestantism, but are recognized as canonical by the Catholic church. These books came from the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament used by early Christians and Jews. They were included in the first editions of the King James Bible, but were removed from some editions by reformers during the 17th century. By the mid-19th century, the deuterocanonical books were generally rejected by Protestant Christians. Judaism used the Septuagint until about the second century CE, but doesn't recognize either the deuterocanonical or New Testament books as part of their own canon, which is known as the Tanakh.
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