Roman Catholic biblical canon

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The Roman Catholic biblical canon is the authoritative collection of Old and New Testament books recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books not accepted in many Protestant traditions.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (102)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian canon
Roman Catholic doctrine
biblical canon
authorityInCatholicTheology normative for faith and morals
differsFromProtestantCanonInOldTestamentBooks yes
dogmaticallyDefinedByCouncil Council of Trent
dogmaticDefinitionYear 1546
includesBook 1 Chronicles
linked to: Divrei Hayamim

1 Corinthians
1 John
1 Kings
1 Maccabees
1 Peter
1 Samuel
1 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Chronicles
linked to: Books of Chronicles

2 Corinthians
2 John
2 Kings
linked to: Book of 2 Kings

2 Maccabees
2 Peter
2 Samuel
2 Thessalonians
2 Timothy
3 John
Acts of the Apostles
Amos
Baruch
Colossians
Daniel
Deuteronomy
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy

Ecclesiastes
Ephesians
Esther
Exodus
linked to: Book of Exodus

Ezekiel
Ezra
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

Galatians
Genesis
linked to: Book of Genesis

Habakkuk
Haggai
linked to: Book of Haggai

Hebrews
Hosea
Isaiah
James
Jeremiah
Job
linked to: Book of Job

Joel
John
Jonah
linked to: Book of Jonah

Joshua
Jude
Judges
Judith
Lamentations
Leviticus
linked to: Book of Leviticus

Luke
Malachi
Mark
Matthew
Micah
Nahum
linked to: Book of Nahum

Nehemiah
Numbers
Obadiah
Philemon
linked to: Epistle to Philemon

Philippians
Proverbs
linked to: Book of Proverbs

Psalms
Revelation
linked to: Book of Revelation

Romans
Ruth
Sirach
linked to: Book of Sirach

Song of Songs
Titus
Tobit
Wisdom
Zechariah
linked to: prophet Zechariah

Zephaniah
linked to: Book of Zephaniah
includesDeuterocanonicalAdditions Additions to Daniel
linked to: Book of Daniel

Additions to Esther
includesDeuterocanonicalBook 1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Baruch
Judith
Sirach
linked to: Book of Sirach

Tobit
Wisdom
includesSeptuagintTradition yes
includesTestaments New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
languageOfEarliestCanonicalTexts Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
numberOfBiblicalBooks 73
numberOfNewTestamentBooks 27
numberOfOldTestamentBooks 46
recognizedByCouncil Council of Carthage (397)
Council of Hippo (393)
Council of Rome (382)
religiousTradition Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox canon differsFrom Roman Catholic biblical canon
Confraternity Bible canon Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Titus biblicalCanon Catholic Bible
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Tobit partOf Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
First Epistle to the Thessalonians canonicalCollection Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
First Epistle of Peter includedIn Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Epistle to the Romans includedIn Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Elon biblicalCanon Catholic Old Testament
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Divrei Hayamim canonicalIn Catholic Old Testament
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Deuterocanonical books partOf Catholic biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Protestant Bible differsFrom Catholic Bible
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Protestant Bible sharesNewTestamentCanonWith Catholic Bible
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Book of Zephaniah includedInCanonOf Catholic Old Testament
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Wisdom partOf Catholic Old Testament canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Obadiah includedIn Catholic Old Testament
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Council of Hippo (393) influenced Western Church biblical canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon
Scriptures (2 Peter 3:15–16) canonicalContext Catholic canon
linked to: Roman Catholic biblical canon