I am often asked what is the catholic bible and why is it different?
As the people who asked me the Protestant bible contains 27 books of the New Testament. There are four gospels, 1 history, 12 pauline, 11 catholic (general), and Revelation. Notice that Revelation is not a plural. There is the Old Testament. This is the same as Jewish Bible however it is in a different order. There are 66 separate 'books' that contain Law, history, poetry, major prophets and minor prophets.
The catholic bible, as approved by the Roman Catholic Church, contains several extra books. The Apocraphya contains several books that occur during the 400 silent years. These are not considered scripture by either Jews or Protestant Christians.
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