The Catholic Bible

Structure of the Catholic Bible

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"
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List of Books of the Bible

OLD TESTAMENT

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Books of the Bible: New Testament

The Gospels
Matthew Luke
Mark John
Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles
New Testament Letters
Romans 1 Thessalonians
1 Corinthians 2 Thessalonians
2 Corinthians 1 Timothy
Galatians 2 Timothy
Ephesians Titus
Philippians Philemon
Colossians Hebrews
Catholic Letters
James 2 John
1 Peter 3 John
2 Peter Jude
1 John Revelation

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