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Why Is the Catholic Bible Bigger Than the Protestant Version?
The Catholic Bible contains the deuterocanonical books because they were part of the biblical tradition that Jesus and the apostles were familiar with and made reference to. Called the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament that contained these books was widely used in the early Church because Greek (like English today) was a universal language of commerce. Some Protestants say we should not include the deuterocanonical books in the canon because Jesus and the apostles
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Jun 8th 2026