The Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical Books

The Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical Books are grouped into four.
  1. Books and Additions to Esther and Daniel that are in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavonic Bibles.
    • Tobit
    • Judith
    • The Additions to the Book of Esther
    • Wisdom of Solomon
    • Ecclesiasticus (Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach)
    • Baruch
    • The Letter of Jeremiah
    • The Additions to the Book of Daniel: The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon
    • 1 Maccabees
    • 2 Maccabees
  2. Books in the Greek and Slavonic Bibles but not in the Roman Catholic Canon
    • 1 Esdras (or 2 Esdras in Slavonic and 3 Esdras in Appendix to Vulgate)
    • Prayer of Manasseh
    • Psalm 151
    • 3 Maccabees
  3. In the Slavonic Bible and in the Latin Vulgate Appendix
    • 2 Esdras (or 3 Esdras in Slavonic and 4 Esdras in Vulgate Appendix)
  4. In an Appendix to the Greek Bible
    • 4 Maccabees

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