What extra books are contained in Roman Catholic Bibles?

Answer 1

The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same with 27 Books.

The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.

The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.

The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.

After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.

The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).

The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.

1500 years later, Protestants decided to keep the Catholic New Testament but change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.

Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

"The Apocrypha refers to 14 or 15 books of doubtful authenticity and authority that the Roman Catholics decided belonged in the Bible sometime following the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic Council of Trent (1545-1563) canonized these books. This canonization took place largely as a result of the Protestant Reformation. Indeed, Luther had criticized the Catholics for not having scriptural support fur such doctrines as praying for the dead. By canonizing the Apocrypha (which offers support for praying for the dead in 2 Maccabees 23:45-46), the Catholics suddenly had "scriptural" support for this and other distinctively Catholic doctrines.
Roman Catholics argue that the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament) contained the Apocrypha. As well, church fathers like Iraneaus, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria used the Apocryphal books in public worship and accepted them as Scripture. Further, it is argued, St. Augustine viewed these books as inspired.
Protestants respond by pointing out that even though some of the Apocryphal books may have been alluded to in the New Testament, no New Testament writer EVER quoted from ANY of these books as holy Scripture or gave them the slightest authority as inspired books. Jesus and the disciples virtually ignored these books, something that wouldn't have been the case if they had considered them to be inspired.
Moreover, even though certain church fathers spoke approvingly of the Apocrypha, there were other early church fathers - notable OrigIn and Jerome - who denied their inspiration. Further, even though the early Augustine acknowledged the Aprocrypha, in his later years he rejected these books as being outside the canon and considered them inferior to the Hebrew Scriptures.
The Jewish Council of Jamnia, which met in A.D. 90, rejected the Aprocrypha as Scripture. Combine all this with the fact that there are clear historical errors in the Aprocrypha (especially those relating to Tobit) and the fact that it contains unbiblical doctrines (like praying for the dead), and it is clear that these books do not belong in the Bible. In addition, unlike many of the biblical books, THERE IS NO CLAIM IN ANY APOCRYPHAL BOOK IN REGARD TO DIVINE INSPIRATION.





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Answer 3

There is nothing "extra" about them. The Dueterocanonical books were put in the bible the same time the 27 books of the New Testament were put there. Martin Luther removed them because they did not suit his opinions.

2 Tim. 3:16 - the inspired Scripture that Paul was referring to included the deuterocanonical texts that the Protestants removed. The books Baruch, Tobit, Maccabees, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom and parts of Daniel and Esther were all included in the Septuagint that Jesus and the apostles used.
see http://www.scripturecatholic.com/deuterocanon.html

Answer 4

They're not extra, Hon. The Jews admit to removing them from Scripture at the council of Jamnia in approx. 90 AD. They were only in the Greek version (the Septuagint) of the bible -- but it is indeed the version -- not the Hebrew -- that Jesus and his apostles used. Myself -- I prefer the version Jesus used....don't you? So.....they're not extra.

Some say the "extra" books in the Greek version did not have Hebrew counterparts for them to be accepted....but the finding of the Dead Sea scrolls in Qumran shattered that myth.....the Hebrew counterparts HAVE been found for the most part.

Maccabees mentions a Catholic practice of praying for the dead which is why Judaism dropped it from its canon. Other books that were dropped also contain -- or alude -- to Catholic teachings.

But again....I choose the version known and used by Jesus and the 12.....the Greek Septuagint. In fact, the entire NT was written in Greek....not Hebrew.

PS...Martin Luther wanted to get rid of the letter to James because James claims that we are NOT saved by faith alone but by good works also; Luther wanted to drop Hebrews because its author is unknown and he wanted to drop Revelation!

Answer 5

The apocrypha. Also, Catholics don't believe in individual or personal interpretation as Protestants do but believe in following the interpretation of the Vatican. Catholics should study not only the bible but also the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Answer 6

None. There is only one Bible but Catholics interpret it quite differently from other Christians.

Answer 7

The apocrypha.

Answer 8

The Maccabees. far as i know.