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nephilim1 · 03-03-2002, 06:11 AM

I wanted to get some help here. People say read the Bible.

In the christian salvation article, the "Doubting" noted that there were 7 extra books in the catholic bible. I hadn't heard that. What are the extra books? Is that 7 extra in every KJV versus every NIV? This is my main question, but other differences between versions would help too.

hezekiah jones · 03-03-2002, 06:25 AM

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At the Council of Trent [the Church] enumerated the books which must be considered "as sacred and canonical". They are the seventy-two books found in Catholic editions, forty-five in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New. Protestant copies usually lack the seven books (viz: Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, and I, II Machabees) and parts of books (viz: Esther 10:4-16:24, and Daniel 3:24-90; 13:1-14:42) which are not found in the Jewish editions of the Old Testament.

<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02543a.htm" target="_blank">Catholic Encyclopedia - The Bible</a>

isaac42 · 03-03-2002, 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by nephilim1:
<strong>I wanted to get some help here. People say read the Bible.

In the christian salvation article, the "Doubting" noted that there were 7 extra books in the catholic bible. I hadn't heard that. What are the extra books? Is that 7 extra in every KJV versus every NIV? This is my main question, but other differences between versions would help too.</strong>

No. The KJV is not the Roman Catholic Bible.

Isaac

03-03-2002, 06:11 AM	#1
nephilim1 Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NY, NY Posts: 130	bible differences I wanted to get some help here. People say read the Bible. In the christian salvation article, the "Doubting" noted that there were 7 extra books in the catholic bible. I hadn't heard that. What are the extra books? Is that 7 extra in every KJV versus every NIV? This is my main question, but other differences between versions would help too.

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