Why Protestants Removed Books from Bible

[anthonyhulse]

Cutting these books also happened to support Luther’s theology, which was convenient.

[willyromney]

Important to note that Jesus and the apostles used the Septuagint

[edmundokenyi]

Thanks Father Casey for this knowledge

[gabesmith]

This is a wild oversimplification of why Protestants don’t accept the apocrypha, but suffice it to say it is not because “Luther removed them”

[dennistucker]

God bless the speaker for giving us facts which we should all be able to agree on. As one Law Man on TV used to say, “Just the facts, ma’am”

[nancymccolgan]

Isn't it true that all of the books of the Apocrypha (the 7 not included in the Protestant Bible) were found written in Hebrew in the Dead Sea Scrolls with the exception of one (Esther)? I always thought it was strange that Martin Luther eliminated those books, particularly Maccabees, which details the battle and eventual celebration of Hanukkah. Jews still commemorate that celebration today. Given that those scrolls have been found written in Hebrew, which Martin Luther couldn't have known 400 years prior, one would think that Protestants would revisit that issue. They are some really great books.

[JohnVice-bb]

That was the best reasoning I've heard for why the 7 books are not in the Jewish canon thank you

[WineSippingCowboy]

Good brief explanation.

Related. Orthodox Christianity ☦ has the most books 📚 of the New Testament. Catholicism is in between. Protestants have the least. You may want to release a short video on why Orthodox Christianity has the most books 📚.

[killianmiller]

To add, of the 7 books we differ on, most of them do indeed have origins and copies in Hebrew and Aramaic, though they were passed down through the Greek. Sirach, Baruch, 1 Maccabees, Judith and Tobit have Hebrew or Aramaic origin, some with Greek parts to them, the only two explicitly Greek books are Wisdom and 2 Maccabees.

[bernardosousario]

Long live the original catholic Holy Bible! (pray for Pope Francis ❤)

[richardkasper]

Traditional ways are always the correct and best .An observation in my old age 😮

[kevinclass]

They found Maccabees among the Dead Sea scrolls. So, Protestants were wrong about thinking it was written in Greek.

[SknappCFA]

Thank you for pointing out there was no conspiracy involved. So much junk on the internet saying there was.

[jcthejfreak]

I find this explanation very simplistic. The Old Testament inclusion of the Apocrypha has been debated even by church fathers prior to the reformation. In fact, Jerome does not want to include them. There were Jews who accepted them and Jews that did not.

[Mambesboy]

Now i understand why it is difference. Thank you Father.

[turboapples]

Father this is a great video, but I also think it should be added that not all protestants reject these books, they're part of the Anglican canon an they are usually in Lutheran bibles too just usually separated out from the rest of the OT

[Alex-zskn]

Luther translated the apocrypha and they are in Luther's Bible as a sperate category between the OT and the NT (following what St Jerome did for the Vulgate).

Protestants didn't start leaving out the apocrypha until the late 19th century when Bibles were being produced en mass (to save money and space because printing books was more expensive back then). It wasn't common for regular Catholics to own Bibles in their homes until after V2.

[xsp]

There are also teachings in the apocrypha that are not congruent with other canon scripture. Like burning a certain fishes scales to ward off demons. That is more along the lines of witchcraft...

[nathanlaska]

books were already off to the side at Luther's day. Issues did not flare up about canon until after Reformation which is VERY interesting.

[maximilienfrobespierre]

Protestant Bibles include the Apocrypha. The debate was never about what books should be included and read by Christians but about that books could be considered infallible.

This debate goes back all the way to the church fathers.

Also, this short seem to imply that the Romanists and the Orthodox have the same canon. They do not.