Biblical Canon: Formation & Variations in Different Christian Traditions
Biblical Canon: Formation & Variations in Different Christian Traditions

Summary/Abstract: The Canon hasn’t been constant, but historically varied. Various approach to biblical authorship and different processes led to the fact, that nowadays we can distinguish at least three canons of the Holy Bible. The most important differences concern the Old Testament. Protestant Churches include in the canon all 39 books that belong to the Hebrew Bible. The Roman Catholic Church recognize 46 Old Testament books and the Orthodox Church following the text of the Septuagint (LXX) 50 books. These differences are related to deuterocanonical books, called by Protestant Churches Apocrypha. All Christians agree with the same number of 27 books in the New Testament. However, it is a different arrangement of books in the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches and the Orthodox Church. The existence differences in the biblical canon remain an ecumenical problem in the Christian striving to the unity.

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