tell me the differences. are parts omitted or added and why?
2007-05-14 18:40:42 · 8 answers · asked by mwj81 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's basically the same. The Christian Bible varies some between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics. The Protestant Bible omitted several books from the Christian Bible, because they clashed with Protestant theology. It was almost significantly smaller than this, but they couldn't agree on omitting the NT books they didn't like. In the OT, they justified it by arguing that the Hebrew Bible omitted them. It's specious reasoning, but that's what happened.
The variants in the Christian Bible, however, are a result of the canonization process. There was no canon of Scripture at the time of Christ, so each bishop assigned what he wanted for his people's canon (the word canon denotes a reed used to measure other things with). This was never universally settled, though it was included in one Ecumenical Council (an authoritative council of all Christians in the world: there were 7).
I'm going to copy my list of books from my copy of the Greek Bible. It's order will vary slightly from those printed in English.
The Christian Old Testament:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I-II Samuel, I-II Kings, I-II Chronicles, I-II Esdras, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, I-III Maccabees, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obediah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Lamentations, Epistle of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
IV Maccabees is added here between the Testaments.
Of these, the Roman Catholics don't have III or IV Maccabees, or the Epistle of Jeremiah.
The Orthodox number the Psalms differently and has 151, while the Roman Catholics has only 150.
The Protestant Bible removed the following books from the Christian Bible's Old Testament: 2 Esdras, I-IV Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremiah, Judith, and Tobit. It also does not included the portions of Esther and Daniel which were added in the Septuagint. It doesn't have the 151 Psalm.
In the New Testament all canons agree in the Christian Bible. Even the Protestant Bible agrees with the Christian Bible.
The New Testament:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts of the Apostles, Romans, I-II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I-II Thessalonians, I-II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, I-II Peter, I-III John, Jude, and the Apocalypse.
Consequently, you have two basic Bibles: the Christian Bible and the Protestant Bible. The Christian Bible has some variation, but agrees substantially over against the Protestant Bible.
2007-05-14 19:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Innokent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Orthodox, RC, Anglican all use the same book. Some Protestant groups took some of the books of the OT(deuterocanonical books) out of the bible. But other than that we all use the same book. Now there are different translations. Many within each church use different ones. The fundamentalist like, for some reason, to use the King James version, which is really not the best translation in this day and age.
2007-05-15 01:45:40 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The King James Bible is the same for all denominations. However, the Catholic Bible, and some others, can have the man made rules added. In Heaven, Christians are not going to be divided by denomination of the church the people attended. I hope this helps answer your question.
2007-05-15 01:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by SAK 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
95% of Christians use the same bible no matter what Denomination. The differences come in interpretations or rituals.
2007-05-15 01:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by Big Stan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same Bible is used for most groups, where it is different is in its interpretations.
2007-05-15 01:44:33 · answer #5 · answered by catcolalex 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Different sects concentrate on different verses of the Bible and how they are translated. The Jehova's Witnessess based their religion on just one verse.
2007-05-15 01:52:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mega 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty much the same one. We all have different ways of doing things though.....
2007-05-15 02:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by Pain Is All I Know 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different book for different fiction lovers.
2007-05-15 01:45:11 · answer #8 · answered by Bad God 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋