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Septuagint

The Ethiopian canon formation drew heavily on the Septuagint.

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Feb 1, 2026
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Which biblical books are considered apocryphal by the Catholic Church but canonical by the Eastern Orthodox Church?

The core answer: not included in the Roman Catholic Old Testament are nonetheless treated as canonical by various — most notably 1 Esdras (Greek Esdras), the Prayer of Manasseh, 1–4 Maccabees (with 3–...

Feb 3, 2026

How do the extra books in the Ethiopian Bible compare to the Apocrypha in Catholic Bibles?

contains far more books—traditionally 81—than , and it preserves several writings (like 1 Enoch and Jubilees) that Catholics do not include as Scripture . Catholic Bibles include the deuterocanonical ...