Eastern Orthodox canon

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The Eastern Orthodox canon is the collection of biblical books recognized as authoritative scripture by the Eastern Orthodox Church, including several deuterocanonical texts not found in the Protestant canon.

All labels observed (8)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian biblical canon
biblical canon
basisOf Eastern Orthodox biblical theology
canonicalStatusOf deuterocanonical books differs from Protestant view
developedBy early Eastern Christian communities
differsFrom Jewish Tanakh
linked to: Tanakh

Protestant biblical canon
Roman Catholic biblical canon
hasVariationIn Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Greek Orthodox traditions
Slavic Orthodox traditions
historicalRoot early Christian use of the Septuagint
includesBook 1 Esdras
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
Acts of the Apostles
Baruch
Bel and the Dragon
Catholic Epistles
Daniel
Deuteronomy
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy

Esther
Exodus
linked to: Book of Exodus

Ezekiel
linked to: Book of Ezekiel

Genesis
linked to: Book of Genesis

Gospels
Isaiah
linked to: Book of Isaiah

Jeremiah
linked to: Book of Jeremiah

Judith
Letter of Jeremiah
Leviticus
linked to: Book of Leviticus

Minor Prophets
Numbers
Odes
Pauline Epistles
Prayer of Azariah
linked to: Book of Daniel

Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
Psalms
Revelation
linked to: Book of Revelation

Song of the Three Holy Youths
Susanna
Tobit
Wisdom of Sirach
linked to: Book of Sirach

Wisdom of Solomon
linked to: Book of Wisdom
includesCategory anagignoskomena
deuterocanonical books
includesTestament New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
languageTradition Greek
primaryOldTestamentSource Septuagint
recognizedAs authoritative scripture
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy
usedBy Eastern Orthodox Church

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Referenced by (16)

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

Bible includesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn Eastern Orthodox canon
Eastern Orthodox canon basisOf Eastern Orthodox biblical theology
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Titus biblicalCanon Eastern Orthodox Bible
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Baruch partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Book of Wisdom partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Tobit partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
First Epistle to the Thessalonians canonicalCollection Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Divrei Hayamim canonicalIn Eastern Orthodox Old Testament
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Deuterocanonical books partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Protestant Bible sharesNewTestamentCanonWith Eastern Orthodox Bible
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Book of Judith partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Wisdom partOf Eastern Orthodox Old Testament canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Book of Baruch partOf Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Scriptures (2 Peter 3:15–16) canonicalContext Orthodox canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
2 John includedIn Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon
Christian biblical canon hasVariant Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon