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To: MacDorcha
the RCC have an additional book or 2 in the Bible...and that Bible has been canonized.

I wonder if the Coptic church or the Orthodox church or the Armenian church have a different book or two within their Bible? That's something for me to research

69 posted on 11/14/2007 9:31:12 AM PST by rface (kooky inside and out)
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To: rface; MacDorcha
For over a thousand years before the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church had all 72 books of the Bible --- which, incidentally, are found also in the original King James Bible (KJV). However, as the Protestant revolt progressed and things continued to unravel, various Reformation figures took the opportunity to reject 2, or 3, or half-a-dozen books (Martin Luther, for instance, seriously considered throwing out the Epistle of St. James and the Epistle to the Hebrews.)

As you can see HERE, however, the early Christians in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Century AD, and on up til the 16th Century, quoted from books like Sirach and Wisdom which are in the original (Catholic/Orthodox) Bible but were eventually omitted from most Protestant Bibles.

376 posted on 11/14/2007 4:27:46 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
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