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The Protestant Bible, of which the NIV is one version, is seven books shorter than the Bible used by Roman Catholics. But Protestants didn't just take out books; they used a different...
As you can see, the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox New Testament canons are identical. So how and why are the Old Testament canons different? Not much of the original writing process of each book of the OT is known since the writings took place in the distant past for which historical provenance is scanty.
The Roman Catholic Bible has 73 books, while the Protestant Bible contains 66. Both groups claim the Bible functions as their authority for doctrine, though admittedly in different ways. That is, Protestants and Catholics claim the Bible is their canon or authority for faith and morals.
The most prominent translation in Catholicism is the Good News Translation. The Catholic Bible has 73 books compared to Protestants' 66 books. So why did they add to it? Or did Protestants take books away?
So, Protestant Bibles then included all the same material as the earlier Bible, but it was divided into two sections: the Old Testament and the Apocrypha. Protestant Bibles included the Apocrypha until the mid 1800s, and the King James Version was originally published with the Apocrypha.
Better educated in the basics of their faith, and learning from their Protestant brothers and sisters, Catholics read the Bible more. They also learned to pray with scripture. Inspired by the Council, religious orders shared their animating spiritualties more broadly.
PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC BIBLES. Father William Saunders. Why does the Catholic version of the Bible have more books than the Protestant version?—A reader in Burke. To appreciate this question and its answer, one must first remember that almighty God never handed anyone a complete Bible and said, "Here it is."