2007-10-11 16:30:13 · 8 answers · asked by what it is 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No -- but there is a lot of overlap.
Catholics and Orthodox differ slightly. The Orthodox church has a few books that are not part of the Catholic Bible.
The Catholic Bible was set in its present form in the 4th century -- at the Council of Rome -- and has remained unchanged since then. The books of the Bible were reaffirmed at the Council of Trent (but not changed) after the start of the Protestant Reformation.
Most Protestants use a Bible that is a subset of the Catholic Bible. Several books (the Apocrypha) were excluded. Martin Luther referred to these books as lesser books & protestant printers later excluded them completely.
The fact that these books ar emissing explain many of the differences between Catholics and Protestants -- like the continued virginity of Mary and the existence of Purgatory.
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I see that others here say that Catholics have added books. This is a lie -- it is Protestants who have discarded books. It is easily verifyable that the Catholic Bible has the same books that it had in the fourth century.
2007-10-11 17:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Yes, because they do read the same Bible however the only difference is that the contents of the Bible that they are reading. Some protestant Bibles do not have passages that a Catholic Bible has, also the translations are sometimes different, some may have been translated simply, the others, like the King James Version are harder to understand.
2007-10-11 16:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The majority of the books in the Bible are identical. The Eastern Orthodox Bible has some books (e.g., 3rd and 4th Macabees) that the Catholic Bible does not have. The Catholic Bible has some books (Tobit, Judith) that the Protestant Bible does not have.
2007-10-11 17:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by Matt W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not an authority in this field, in spite of the shown fact that it truly is a risk to study and have faith an identical Bible and characteristic basically comparable ideals and nonetheless fluctuate on the project of respected Church doctrine. lots of Catholicism has no direct tie to the Bible, yet relies upon heavily on truly dogmatic doctrine. The Pope and the Church is infallible isn't from the Bible, yet doctrine. besides, the Bible the eastern Orthodox use isn't an identical as a results of fact the single utilized by potential of the Catholics. i'm, returned, no expert, yet there are further books and the previous testomony is tremendously lots replaced with Hebrew regulation texts. i'm hoping you get extra ideal solutions, yet it is tremendously lots what i know.
2016-10-22 02:46:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if we're sitting close enough together, otherwise, we all have to use separate copies. That being said, most Protestants use a canon of Scripture that has removed several books. The Ethiopians have the largest canon.
It should be noted that, except for the Ethiopians, the "extra" books in various Scriptural Canons are all Old Testament. But even for the Ethiopians, the "extra" New Testament books aren't heavily doctrinal--they're local-to-Ethiopia Church history.
2007-10-11 16:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
no some read from King James version, catholics have "added" books, and eastern orthodoxes like Greek and Romanian Orthodox also have different church doctrines (all church sects have doctrine but most eastern European countries follow more closely
2007-10-11 16:34:59 · answer #6 · answered by John S 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Just the nature of how you worded your question, tells me that you are not interested in anything but bashing people of a faith other than your own. (if you have any faith at all).
2007-10-11 16:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nah. Each sect has a different bible to suit their prejudice.
2007-10-11 16:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋