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The Protestant Old Testament has 39 books. They agree with the Hebrew canon's contents but not the books' ordering and numbering.
The Catholic Old Testament contains these same 39 books plus 7 deuterocanonical books. “Deuterocanon” does not mean second in authority but second only in reception in time. Protestants call these books the Apocrypha (hidden). The Apocrypha was included in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) but not in the Hebrew Bible. Protestants argued that the Septuagint was a translation for Greek-speaking Jews and not the original Hebrew Scriptures.
There was also disagreement in the history of the Catholic Church. Augustine of Hippo and Pope Innocent I accepted the deuterocanonical books, while Jerome of Stridon and Rufinus of Aquileia promoted the narrower canon.
For me, I do not dismiss anything. Instead, I put a weight on everything. The Catholic deuterocanonical books are not as weighty as the regular Protestant canon.
The Book of Enoch falls into the category of Pseudepigrapha, not Apocrypha because it was never part of the Septuagint or the Catholic/Protestant Old Testament canon.
Catholics and Protestants have the same 27 books of the New Testament.
The Catholic Old Testament contains these same 39 books plus 7 deuterocanonical books. “Deuterocanon” does not mean second in authority but second only in reception in time. Protestants call these books the Apocrypha (hidden). The Apocrypha was included in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) but not in the Hebrew Bible. Protestants argued that the Septuagint was a translation for Greek-speaking Jews and not the original Hebrew Scriptures.
There was also disagreement in the history of the Catholic Church. Augustine of Hippo and Pope Innocent I accepted the deuterocanonical books, while Jerome of Stridon and Rufinus of Aquileia promoted the narrower canon.
For me, I do not dismiss anything. Instead, I put a weight on everything. The Catholic deuterocanonical books are not as weighty as the regular Protestant canon.
The Book of Enoch falls into the category of Pseudepigrapha, not Apocrypha because it was never part of the Septuagint or the Catholic/Protestant Old Testament canon.
Catholics and Protestants have the same 27 books of the New Testament.
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