The Canon Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious By William Webster A full documentation of the information contained in this article is now available in a new book offered through Christian Resources titled The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha. This book is a survey of the history of the Apocrypha from the age of Judaism to the Reformation. It provides translations of the comments of major theologians from the time of Jerome to the Reformation, the majority of which have never before been available in English. It is often asserted by Roman Catholic apologists that...