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what is the section of the bible that contains Judges, 1&2 Kings, and Ezra

The Historical Books.

Catholics usually break the 46 books of the Jewish Scriptures (Old Testament) into four sections.

The Pentateuch (or Torah): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

The Historical Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees.

The Wisdom Books: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach.

The Prophetic Books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

For more information, see: http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/index.htm

With love in Christ.

2010-03-09 22:11:20 by Taltals <3

Learn why Catholics and Protestants have different versions of the Bible. This video and the research that preceded it was inspired by the YouTube ...

I'll be reading a version of the NAB for my theology class this fall, and it got me thinking, what makes a Bible Catholic?


And by "normal," I mean a Bible that doesn't have a specific denomination attached.

Shortest answer: Catholic Bible contains the Deuterocanonical Books. They are: Tobit, Judith, Additions to Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4-16:24[5]), Wisdom, Sirach, also called Ben Sira or Ecclesiasticus
Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah (Additions to Jeremiah in the Septuagint[6]), Additions to Daniel: Song of the Three Children (Vulgate Daniel 3:24-90), Story of Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13, Septuagint prologue), The Idol Bel and the Dragon (Vulgate Daniel 14, Septuagint epilogue), 1 Maccabees & 2 Maccabees

2009-08-24 13:04:17 by Kharm

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Why does the Catholic Bible contain 73 books while the Protestant Bible has only 66? With both claiming to have the complete Word of God, which one should be believed and why?

Well, it's over-simple to claim that the "Protestant Bible" has only 66 books. For example, the Anglican Communion uses a Bible with 80 separate Scriptures - and they are most definitely Protestant. Here you can get an idea of which groups use which Scriptures
http://www.bible-reviews.com/charts_scri ptures_d.html

The reason, though, has several steps.

* Luther wrote that those Scriptures mentioned in the Roman Catholic column of the list above were not inspired, but still useful for study and included them in all editions of his Bible

* The Puritans were religiously opposed to the inclusion of those Scriptures. When they produced Bibles without them, a law was enacted in (Protestant) England that prohibited the publishing of Bibles without the Apocrypha.

* Despite this, the practice of producing Bibles without the Apocrypha slowly caught on in other sects and in other languages.

* By 1700, Bibles without the Apocrypha were being produced in England again.

* By 1800, English Bibles without the Apocrypha were more common than other Bibles.

SO - it was a slow process, one not approved by some very important (and large) Protestant sects.


One thing we can say for sure: all of the Scriptures in a 66-book Bible are the word of God. Personally, I recommend that you read the others and determine for yourself if they are inspired or not. All of them except for Baruch were included in **all** Bibles from about 400 to the 1590s (when the Puritans first produced a Bible without). It *seems* that Baruch only started showing up in Bibles after the year 1200.

Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com

2010-03-06 03:23:10 by Irtaza

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What are 3 terms that Peter uses to describe the new Christian community in the Catholic Bible?

A spiritual house, a holy and royal priesthood and a holy nation.

1 Peter 2:5
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:9
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light"

2008-09-07 16:49:17 by Stephanie R

I've been trying to read the Bible once a year every year for several years now. But I'm Catholic and all the guides I use are Protestant so they don't include the Apocrypha. Does anyone know of a guide that includes them?

This looks like a nice site: http://thebibleinayear.com/content/daily -reading-plan

With love in Christ.

2009-07-30 10:06:17 by Faith Cat