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 canon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical theology
canonicalStatusOf deuterocanonical books differs from Protestant view
developedBy early Eastern Christian communities
differsFrom Tanakh
surface form: 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 Ezra–Nehemiah
surface form: 1 Esdras

1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees
Acts of the Apostles
Baruch
Bel and the Dragon
Catholic Epistles
Daniel
Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy

Esther
Book of Exodus
surface form: Exodus

Book of Ezekiel
surface form: Ezekiel

Book of Genesis
surface form: Genesis

Gospels
Book of Isaiah
surface form: Isaiah

Book of Jeremiah
surface form: Jeremiah

Judith
Letter of Jeremiah
Book of Leviticus
surface form: Leviticus

The Twelve Minor Prophets
surface form: Minor Prophets

Numbers
Odes
Pauline Epistles
Book of Daniel
surface form: Prayer of Azariah

Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
Psalms
Book of Revelation
surface form: Revelation

Song of the Three Holy Youths
Susanna
Tobit
Book of Sirach
surface form: Wisdom of Sirach

Book of Wisdom
surface form: Wisdom of Solomon
includesCategory anagignoskomena
deuterocanonical books
includesTestament New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
languageTradition Greek
primaryOldTestamentSource Septuagint
recognizedAs authoritative scripture
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
usedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Eastern Orthodox canon basisOf Eastern Orthodox canon self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical theology
Titus biblicalCanon Eastern Orthodox canon
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Bible
this entity surface form: Orthodox biblical canon
Bible includesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn Eastern Orthodox canon
Baruch partOf Eastern Orthodox canon
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
Book of Wisdom partOf Eastern Orthodox canon
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
Tobit partOf Eastern Orthodox canon
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon