OLD Testament Cannon, History of the Bible | Video, Fr. Panayiotis
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When learning Church History I was quite fascinated to learn that almost 200 years before Christ the Old Testament text was translated into Greek because that was the common language of even the Jews thus the [Septuagint] was created, that included the Deuterocanonical aka Apocrypha. All the Apostles including Paul read and taught from these Greek texts. Jesus did as well and even quoted from the Deuterocanonical texts often.
Old Testament cannons conclude the following
Orthodox 49 books
Catholics 46 books
Protestants 39 books
What this videos does not mention was how and why did the OT text made it back to the Hebrew. Around 90 A.D after the Christians where expelled from the Jewish Synagogues, many anti-Christian rabbis first translated the the texts back to Hebrew , making many mistranslated changes to important prophetic text about Christ. Then they burned all the Greek texts in their possession. By then it was too late Christendom as we know it had already made its way through out the entire Empire, preserving the truth and many of the ancient texts until the bible was completed around 367 A.D.
Many reformers began to mistakenly reject the Septuagint and adopted Masoretic Hebrew text, however with modern discoveries and many more still pouring in these texts can be proof read and corrected with Older manuscripts, However the Septuagint is still the most accurate.
The Catholic Church includes a number of books that weren't considered scripture by the early church. Jesus never quoted from them. Some are historically accurate but not considered the word of God. At least one supports unbiblical Catholic doctrine.
Even though no essential Christian doctrine comes from these books, but they are very important historical writings. No the Catholics did not included them, they were already in the traditional writings. One example is the book of Maccabees and the celebration of Hanukkah, mentioned in St. John gospel, something Jesus was well aware of and was present in the Temple, where prayers for the dead were said aloud. I'm not sure what Catholic doctrine you are referring to, however the Orthodox just as Protestants do not support the idea of purgatory and is essentially absent from these texts. The idea comes from Maccabees 12:38-41, however this is not correct. That is just one, there are many more. Thanks for your input though.