Why does the Catholic Bible have 73 books and the Protestant Bible have 66 books?

The difference in the number of books between the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible can be traced back to historical and theological factors. The Catholic Church includes seven additional books in their canon of Scripture, known as the Deuterocanonical books, which were not included in the Hebrew Bible but were recognized as authoritative by the early Christian Church. In contrast, Protestantism emerged from a movement that rejected some of the Catholic Church's teachings and practices, including the inclusion of these additional books in the Bible. While this difference has been a source of controversy and division between the two groups, it's important to remember that both Catholics and Protestants share a deep reverence for the Bible as a source of spiritual guidance and inspiration. #bible #booksofthebible #biblequestions

[jineshfrancis]

short canon history

The Bible is a Catholic book. The Magisterium of the Church has the authority to determine the Bible canon.
In AD -382 Pope Damasus-I At the First Council of Rome, the first complete canon was promulgated ...

All 73 books (46 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament) are included in today's Bible. Pope Damasus declared that not a book should be added to this canon, nor should a book be taken away from it.

Council of Hippo (AD - 393) Reaffirmed (state again strongly) 73 books in the Bible.

Council of Carthage - Reaffimed the declarations of the Council of Rome in AD - 382 and the Council of Hippo in AD -393. In AD - 419 the 4th Council of Carthage confirmed all the decisions of the 3rd Council of Carthage.

The Council of Florence (AD - 1442) reaffirmed the canon.

Council of Trent AD-1546 Reaffirmed the canon. St. Jerome's Bible (Latin Vulgate) is officially announced once again.
The Purpose of the Council was to counter the false doctrines caused by Protestant heresies.


*British Bible society* and
Robert Haldane (not Calvin or Zwingli or Luther) was responsible for removing 7 books from the Protestant Bible.
Under Haldane's leadership, in 1821, a movement began against the British Bible Society demanding that funds not be given to Bible societies that were printing the Deutero Canon. The resolution was passed in 1822,
which means that it has been only 200 years since Protestant churches started using the 66-book Bible.

In the Heidelberg Disputation (AD1518) and Theses - 17 and 35, Luther quotes from the book of wisdom, Sirach ( Deutero Canon) for his arguments.

Martin Luther debated with Catholic theologian Johann Eck in AD-1519 about the doctrine of purgatory... Luther's Arguments are Debunked... With that moment Luther took a stand the book of Maccabees was not part of the Canon ... (Jewish Canon was Right)

Luther who rejected the canon of Septuagint rejected classified Epistle to the Hebrews(as it teaches about the priesthood -Hebrew 13:17), James( as it teaches that there is a reward for man's good works, James 2:24), Jude, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and the Revelation of John as disputed( The Book of Revelation It is not useful to understand Christ, it does not have the work of the Holy Spirit).

The question is But why are these books still included in Protestant Bibles?

Some Protestants argue that the Catholic Church established the canon at the Council of Trent. !!!

So how did the Deuterocanon appear in Martin Luther's and other Protestant Bibles?

Doesn't it sound strange...!!!

Huldrch Zwingli published the Bible in German in 1531, Martin Luther in 1534(German), and John Calvin in 1560 (English)All these included 73 books. In AD -1611 the king James version of the Bible was released ... and it had 73 books. The 7 books of the Old Testament were included under the name Deuterocanon....Interestingly, many references were used from these for the New Testament. After AD-1885 the Deutero Canon books were removed from king James Bible...

Gutenberg Bible



Geneva Bible of 1560 Edition:


King James Bible of 1611 Edition:

[DevelopmentRobco]

if a preacher told you in 2024 that the letters of Paul were not divinely inspired by God and should be erased from the Bible, most would call him crazy and not a real Christian (and rightfully so)...

Now let's go back 400 years ago with the beginning of protestantism... Why is it okay in the 1600s to take from the bible and not 2024? Is everyone who lived for 1600 years between Christ and (*insert your protestant denomination) going to hell for believing in a false bible, a false church, and a false interpretation of said bible you've already taken books out of???

[srich]

History shows us that Jesus didn't leave us a bible, the apostles didn't tell us which books belong in the bible, the church fathers never agreed on the 27 books of the NT through the 4th century, not only did they not agree but their list of would-be NT canons were GROWING during this time. So, if it wasn't the Catholic/Orthodox church that compiled the 27 books of the NT in the 5th century with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and preserved it by laboriously hand copying them over and over throughout the centuries before the invention of the printing press, the “rule of faith” for many, please tell us, show us, who did? And if this church no longer exists today, what good is the text which came forth from her if she couldn't sustain herself?

[josephforrest]

There is no such thing as a " Catholic bible ".