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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. | ||
Martin Luther said “Apocrypha: These books are not held equal to the Sacred Scriptures, and yet are useful and good for reading.”. | |||
Apocrypha was removed from the Bible in the 19th century to save printing and distribution costs. | |||
==List of Old Testament Apocryphal Books== | ==List of Old Testament Apocryphal Books== | ||
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Psalm 151 | Psalm 151 | ||
==Views on the Apocrypha before the Protestant Reformation== | |||
Jerome said that books not found in the Hebrew Bible were not part of the true Bible canon. | |||
==Contradictions between | ==Contradictions between OT Apocrypha books and Bible== | ||
===Salvation=== | ===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=8-9|version=GNT}} | {{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. | ||
==External links== | |||
[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3671027/jewish/What-Is-the-Jewish-Approach-to-the-Apocrypha.htm Jewish Approach to Old Testament Apocrypha] | |||