Catholic Bible
The Catholic Bible
Structure of the Catholic Bible
- 46 Old Testament books
- Pentateuch: 5 books
- "penta" means five
- Historical: 16 books
- includes the 5: BIblical Novellas
- Wisdom: 7 books
- Prophetic: 18 books
- Pentateuch: 5 books
- 27 New Testament books
- Gospels: 4 books
- Acts: 1 book
- Pauline Epistles: 14 books
- Epistle means "letter"
- Catholic Epistles: 7 books
- Revelation: 1 book
- 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 since Acts is essentially Part II 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
- and Acts would tell the narrative history of the Apostolic period (life of the Apostles)
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
- they also included additions to other OT works, including a Psalm
- 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"
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