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The Council of Trent was a major ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that defined the canon of Scripture and affirmed the deuterocanonical books.

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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 4, 2026

What are the deuterocanonical books included in Catholic Old Testament?

The Old Testament includes a set of books and additions commonly called the books: seven full books (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach/ Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees) plus several Greek...