Roman Catholic biblical canon

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The Roman Catholic biblical canon is the authoritative collection of Old and New Testament books recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books not accepted in many Protestant traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Catholic biblical canon 5
Catholic Bible 1

Statements (102)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian canon
Roman Catholic doctrine
biblical canon
authorityInCatholicTheology normative for faith and morals
differsFromProtestantCanonInOldTestamentBooks yes
dogmaticallyDefinedByCouncil Council of Trent
dogmaticDefinitionYear 1546
includesBook Divrei Hayamim
surface form: 1 Chronicles

First Epistle to the Corinthians
surface form: 1 Corinthians

1 John
1 Kings
1 Maccabees
First Epistle of Peter
surface form: 1 Peter

1 Samuel
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
surface form: 1 Thessalonians

First Epistle to Timothy
surface form: 1 Timothy

Books of Chronicles
surface form: 2 Chronicles

Second Epistle to the Corinthians
surface form: 2 Corinthians

Second Epistle of John
surface form: 2 John

Book of 2 Kings
surface form: 2 Kings

2 Maccabees
Second Epistle of Peter
surface form: 2 Peter

2 Samuel
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
surface form: 2 Thessalonians

Second Epistle to Timothy
surface form: 2 Timothy

3 John
Acts of the Apostles
Amos
Baruch
Epistle to the Colossians
surface form: Colossians

Daniel
Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy

Book of Ecclesiastes
surface form: Ecclesiastes

Epistle to the Ephesians
surface form: Ephesians

Esther
Book of Exodus
surface form: Exodus

Ezekiel
Ezra–Nehemiah
surface form: Ezra

Epistle to the Galatians
surface form: Galatians

Book of Genesis
surface form: Genesis

Habakkuk
Book of Haggai
surface form: Haggai

Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: Hebrews

Hosea
Isaiah
James
Jeremiah
Book of Job
surface form: Job

Joel
John
Book of Jonah
surface form: Jonah

Joshua
Jude
Judges
Judith
Lamentations
Book of Leviticus
surface form: Leviticus

Luke
Malachi
Mark
Matthew
Micah
Book of Nahum
surface form: Nahum

Nehemiah
Numbers
Obadiah
Epistle to Philemon
surface form: Philemon

Epistle to the Philippians
surface form: Philippians

Book of Proverbs
surface form: Proverbs

Psalms
Book of Revelation
surface form: Revelation

Romans
Ruth
Book of Sirach
surface form: Sirach

Song of Songs
Titus
Tobit
Wisdom
prophet Zechariah
surface form: Zechariah

Book of Zephaniah
surface form: Zephaniah
includesDeuterocanonicalAdditions Book of Daniel
surface form: Additions to Daniel

Additions to Esther
includesDeuterocanonicalBook 1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Baruch
Judith
Book of Sirach
surface form: Sirach

Tobit
Wisdom
includesSeptuagintTradition yes
includesTestaments New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
languageOfEarliestCanonicalTexts Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
numberOfBiblicalBooks 73
numberOfNewTestamentBooks 27
numberOfOldTestamentBooks 46
recognizedByCouncil Council of Carthage (397)
Council of Hippo (393)
Council of Rome (382)
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (7)

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

Titus biblicalCanon Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic Bible
Confraternity Bible canon Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic biblical canon
First Epistle to the Thessalonians canonicalCollection Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic biblical canon
Eastern Orthodox canon differsFrom Roman Catholic biblical canon
Epistle to the Romans includedIn Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic biblical canon
First Epistle of Peter includedIn Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic biblical canon
Tobit partOf Roman Catholic biblical canon
this entity surface form: Catholic biblical canon