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The Christians, on the other hand, tended to use the Greek Bible, and had more books in circulation. Listings of the canon date as early as AD 180?; although, the definitive declaration was not until the Council of Carthage in AD 397. The inclusion of some books in the New Testament was debated: Hebrews?, James?, 2 John, 3 John, 1 Peter, 2 Peter and Revelation, mostly because of the uncertain authorship of these books. In the Old Testament, the "doubtful" books included are Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, I-II Maccabees, and Sirach?, as well as parts of Esther and Daniel written originally in Greek. |
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The Christians, on the other hand, tended to use the Septuagint, a Greek language version of the Jewish scriptures, and had more books in circulation. Listings of the canon date as early as AD 180?; although, the definitive declaration was not until the Council of Carthage in AD 397. The inclusion of some books in the New Testament was debated: Hebrews?, James?, 2 John, 3 John, 1 Peter, 2 Peter and Revelation, mostly because of the uncertain authorship of these books. In the Old Testament, the "doubtful" books included are Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, I-II Maccabees, and Sirach?, as well as parts of Esther and Daniel written originally in Greek. |
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Furthermore, there are many books similar in style to the books of the Bible and dating from the same period, which are accepted by neither Protestant nor Catholics . Catholics call these books Apocrypha, while Protestants call them Pseudepigrapha, reserving the term Apocrypha for the Catholic Deuterocanon. These books include 3? and [4 Maccabees]?, and 1? and [2 Esdras]?. A few Orthodox churches use some of these books: e.g. the [Ethiopian Orthodox Church]?'s canon includes Jubilees?, [1 Enoch]?, the [Sheperd of Hermas]?, [1 Clement]? and the [Acts of Paul]?. |
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Furthermore, there are many books similar in style to the books of the Bible and dating from the same period, which are accepted by neither Protestant nor Catholics. Catholics call these books Apocrypha, while Protestants call them Pseudepigrapha, reserving the term Apocrypha for the Catholic Deuterocanon. These books include 3? and [4 Maccabees]?, and 1? and [2 Esdras]?. A few [Oriental Orthodox]? churches use some of these books: e.g. the [Ethiopian Orthodox Church]?'s canon includes Jubilees?, [1 Enoch]?, the [Sheperd of Hermas]?, [1 Clement]? and the [Acts of Paul]?. |
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