It was the "Bible" for the Greek-speaking Jews ... 517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox ...

While some contain the usual 66 books, others contain more. The difference is known as the biblical apocrypha. Much like their name gives away, these texts are considered apocryphal by the Church ...

Below is a list of the books of the Bible. Clicking on a book of the Bible will show you a list of all the chapters of that book.

but that are in the Catholic Bible. In one quote from St. Augustine, he even lists the canon of the Old Testament and it includes the books that are considered apocryphal by Protestantism.

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That means religious texts, self-help guides, political tools, and other reference texts are out—the Bible and Mao Tse Tung's Little Red Book would both be in the Top 25. And we're leaving out ...