Eastern Orthodox canon

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The Eastern Orthodox canon is the collection of biblical books recognized as authoritative scripture by the Eastern Orthodox Church, including several deuterocanonical texts not found in the Protestant canon.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian biblical canon → biblical canon →
basisOf	Eastern Orthodox biblical theology →
canonicalStatusOf	deuterocanonical books differs from Protestant view →
developedBy	early Eastern Christian communities →
differsFrom	Jewish Tanakh → Protestant biblical canon → Roman Catholic biblical canon →
hasVariationIn	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Greek Orthodox traditions → Slavic Orthodox traditions →
historicalRoot	early Christian use of the Septuagint →
includesBook	1 Esdras → 1 Maccabees → 2 Maccabees → 3 Maccabees → Acts of the Apostles → Baruch → Bel and the Dragon → Catholic Epistles → Daniel → Deuteronomy → Esther → Exodus → Ezekiel → Genesis → Gospels → Isaiah → Jeremiah → Judith → Letter of Jeremiah → Leviticus → Minor Prophets → Numbers → Odes → Pauline Epistles → Prayer of Azariah → Prayer of Manasseh → Psalm 151 → Psalms → Revelation → Song of the Three Holy Youths → Susanna → Tobit → Wisdom of Sirach → Wisdom of Solomon →
includesCategory	anagignoskomena → deuterocanonical books →
includesTestament	New Testament → Old Testament →
languageTradition	Greek →
primaryOldTestamentSource	Septuagint →
recognizedAs	authoritative scripture →
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodoxy →
usedBy	Eastern Orthodox Church →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baruch ("Eastern Orthodox biblical canon") → Book of Wisdom ("Eastern Orthodox biblical canon") → Tobit ("Eastern Orthodox biblical canon") →	partOf
Eastern Orthodox canon ("Eastern Orthodox biblical theology") →	basisOf
Titus ("Eastern Orthodox Bible") →	biblicalCanon
First Epistle to the Thessalonians ("Orthodox biblical canon") →	canonicalCollection
Bible →	includesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn