Scripture & the Canon
Who Told You the Bible Has Only 66 Books?
Brief Overview The question of who determined the biblical canon is the single most effective challenge a Catholic can pose to any Protestant who holds to Scripture alone…
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Scripture & the Canon
Scripture & the Canon
From Carthage to Ethiopia: The Biblical Canon’s African Roots
Brief Overview The biblical canon was formally defined at councils held in North Africa, making the continent central to the history of how Christians received their Bible. The…
Scripture & the Canon
What Luther Didn’t Want You to Read in the Bible
Brief Overview The seven deuterocanonical books that Protestants removed contain some of the most powerful prophecies, prayers, and moral teachings in all of Scripture. Most Protestants have never…
Scripture & the Canon
No Catholic Church, No Bible: Five Historical Facts
Brief Overview Every book of the New Testament was written by a member of the early Catholic Church, and the canon was formally defined at Catholic councils in…
Scripture & the Canon
The Book of Enoch and What Catholics Should Know
Brief Overview The Book of Enoch is directly quoted in the New Testament at Jude 1:14-15, making it one of the most significant non-canonical texts in Christian history.…
Scripture & the Canon
Why the Apostles’ Bible Isn’t the Protestant One
Brief Overview The apostles and New Testament writers overwhelmingly quoted from the Septuagint, the Greek Old Testament that contained the deuterocanonical books Protestants later removed. Roughly 300 of…
Scripture & the Canon
How Many Books Belong in the Bible, Really?
Brief Overview Christians around the world use Bibles containing 66, 73, 78, or even 81 books, and most believers in each tradition have no idea that other canons…
Scripture & the Canon
Luther’s Scissors and the Seven Missing Books of the Bible
Brief Overview Martin Luther removed seven Old Testament books from the Protestant Bible not because they lacked ancient support but because they contradicted his new doctrines. The deuterocanonical…
Scripture & the Canon
The Ethiopian Bible Exposes the Protestant Canon
Brief Overview The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church preserves a biblical canon of 81 books, far exceeding the 66 books found in Protestant Bibles and even surpassing the 73…
Scripture & the Canon
The World Owes the Catholic Church for the Bible
Brief Overview The Catholic Church formally defined the biblical canon at a series of councils in the late fourth century, giving Christianity the list of books every Bible…
