Why is the Catholic Bible different from Protestant?

Main Differences Between Catholic Bible and Protestant Bible The Roman Catholic Bible consists of 73 books in the old testaments whereas the Protestant Bible contains only 66 books. The Catholic Bible accepts both Hebrew and Septuagint scriptures.

What books in the Catholic Bible are not in the Protestant Bible?

A: There are seven books in the Catholic Bible — Baruch, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit and Wisdom — that are not included in the Protestant version of the Old Testament. These books are referred to as the deuterocanonical books.

Is Angel Raphael mentioned in the Bible?

Raphael, in the Bible, one of the archangels. In the apocryphal Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) Book of Tobit, he is the one who, in human disguise and under the name of Azarias (“Yahweh helps”), accompanied Tobias in his adventurous journey and conquered the demon Asmodeus.

Is Tobias in the King James Bible?

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Are the deuterocanonical books included in the Hebrew Bible?

The Deuterocanonical books were included in the Septuagint, but not the Hebrew Bible. They are mostly included in the Catholic Old Testament, but not in the Protestant one.

Did the Pharisaical Jews reject the deuterocanonical books?

Bottom line, at the Council of Jamnia, the Pharisaical Jewish leaders rejected these Deuterocanonical books and accepted as the Jewish scripture the Protestant Old Testament. Up to this point, it all sounds pretty clear. Unfortunately, that is not the whole story.

Why did Jerome include the deuterocanonical books in the Vulgate?

When Jerome made the famous Vulgate translation of the Bible into Latin in the fifth century, he included the Deuterocanonical books, apparently against his will because as a scholar he was well aware of the lesser quality of these books.

Why is the Septuagint not in the Protestant Bible?

Their omission in Protestant Bibles leaves a chronological gap in salvation history. The version of the Bible in use at the time of Jesus was the Septuagint (abbreviated LXX, for the 70 men who translated it from Hebrew into Greek by the beginning of the first century B.C.).