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Old Testament Apocrypha (also called Deuterocanonical books) are books found in the Greek Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Bible. They are included in the Old Testament by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians but are rejected as canonical Scripture by Protestants and Jews. | '''Old Testament Apocrypha''' (also called Deuterocanonical books) are books found in the Greek Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Bible. They are included in the Old Testament by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians but are rejected as canonical Scripture by Protestants and Jews. | ||
==List of Old Testament Apocryphal Books== | ==List of Old Testament Apocryphal Books== | ||
'''Canonical for the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church:''' | '''Canonical for the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church:''' | ||
Tobit | Tobit | ||
Judith | Judith | ||
Baruch including the Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch chapter 6) | Baruch including the Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch chapter 6) | ||
Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus) | Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus) | ||
1 Maccabees | 1 Maccabees | ||
2 Maccabees | 2 Maccabees | ||
Wisdom | Wisdom | ||
'''Canonical only for the Eastern Orthodox Church:''' | '''Canonical only for the Eastern Orthodox Church:''' | ||
Prayer of Manasseh | Prayer of Manasseh | ||
1 Esdras | 1 Esdras | ||
2 Esdras | 2 Esdras | ||
3 Maccabees | 3 Maccabees | ||
4 Maccabees | 4 Maccabees | ||
Psalm 151 | Psalm 151 | ||
==Contradictions between Old Testament Apocryphal books and Bible== | ==Contradictions between Old Testament Apocryphal books and Bible== | ||
===Salvation=== | |||
{{Bible quote| For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.|book=Tobit|chap=12|verses=9|version=DRA}} | {{Bible quote| For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.|book=Tobit|chap=12|verses=9|version=DRA}} | ||
This implies salvation is by works. | This implies salvation is by works. | ||
{{Bible quote| For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.|book=Ephesians |chap=2|verses= | {{Bible quote| For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.|book=Ephesians |chap=2|verses=8-9|version=GNT}} | ||
This implies salvation is by faith, not works | This implies salvation is by faith, not works | ||