Catholic Bible

The Catholic Bible

Structure of the Catholic Bible

• 46 Old Testament books
• 27 New Testament books
• here for list of the List of the Books of the Bible with abbreviations

Old Testament

Pentateuch

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

Historical books

also called "Historical Introduction

• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah

Biblical Novellas

• Tobit
• Judith
• Esther
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees

Wisdom

• Job
• Psalm(s)
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• Wisdom
• Sirach

Prophets

also called "Prophetic Books"

• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Baruch
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

New Testament

Gospels

• Matthew
• Mark
• Luke
• John

Acts

sometimes considered part of the Gospels

• Acts was originally part of the Gospel of Luke
  • but was separated from the Gospels so that the Gospels would all correspond to the life, death, and resurrection of Christ
• Acts of the Apostles

New Testament Letters

Pauline Epistles

• Romans
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians
• Philippians
• Colossians
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon
• Hebrews

Catholic Epistles

• James
• 1 Peter
• 2 Peter
• 1 John
• 2 John
• 3 John
• Jude

Revelation

• Revelation

Deuterocanonical books & Protestant exclusions

• "deutero" = second, so "belonging to the second canon"
  • also called "biblical apocrypha"
• the Deuterocanonical books are seven books from later Old Testament writings that were accepted and studied at the time of Christ
  • they also included additions to other OT works, including a Psalm
    • but which later Jews (after 1st century AD) and, later, Protestants, disregarded
    • primarily because of their references to intercessions of the saints, prayers to the dead, purgatory, resurrection of the body and confession
  • Protestants call these books "Apocrypha" and do not consider them canonical
• the books were part of the Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Old Testament), which was the most commonly used OT form during the 1st century A.D. (times of Christ)
• Martin Luther excluded the books of Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation from his canon (list of divine scripture
  • because he claimed these books contradicted sola gratia (salvation by grace alone) and sola fide (justification by faith alone)
  • Protestant doctrines of justification and salvation are called the "five solae"
• see
  • Answering the Most Common Objection to the Deuterocanonical Books | Catholic Answers Magazine
  • The Deuterocanonical Books slide show