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- Catholics too had Bibles more readily available, but they, in a sense, already had the Bible rooted in the vast traditions of the faith: they had priests to tell them about the Bible, and rituals to enact the meaning of scripture, plus a wealth of art and architecture and pious devotions to inspire the Catholic imagination.
campusministry.georgetown.edu/reflections/why-catholics-see-the-bible-differently-than-protestants/Why Catholics See the Bible Differently than Protestants: The ...
Oct 12, 2023 · The Catholic Bible has 73 books compared to Protestants' 66 books. So why did they add to it? Or did Protestants take books away? How Did the Catholic Bible Come to Be? Two languages were prominent in the time around Jesus: Hebrew and Greek. Both of these had Bibles in their language.
Catholics generally don’t know their Bible as well as Protestants, especially evangelicals, whose worship and private devotion are centered on Scripture. Catholics rely on the Bible, of course, but they also turn to rituals to enact the full meaning of Scripture.
The Catholic Bible is composed of 73 books: an Old Testament of 46 books (including 7 deuterocanonical books and additional deuterocanonical content in 2 books) and a New Testament of 27 books.
Nov 17, 2015 · The Catholic Church finally agreed on which writings should go into the Bible at the Council of Rome in 382 AD during the time of Pope Damasus.
Nov 7, 2021 · The Roman Catholic Bible has 73 books, while the Protestant Bible contains 66. Both groups claim the Bible functions as their authority for doctrine, though admittedly in different ways. That is, Protestants and Catholics claim the Bible is their canon or authority for faith and morals.
Aug 8, 2008 · The Protestant Bible, of which the NIV is one version, is seven books shorter than the Bible used by Roman Catholics. But Protestants didn't just take out books; they used a different...
Apr 18, 2022 · The canon of the Protestant Bible totals 66 books—39 Old Testament (OT) and 27 New Testament (NT); the Catholic Bible numbers 73 books (46 OT, 27 NT), and Greek and Russian Orthodox, 79 (52 OT, 27 NT) (Ethiopian Orthodox, 81—54 OT, 27 NT).
