proof of 73 books in all Bible s previous to the 16th century

[justinthemartyr]

What proof do we have of there being 73 books in the Bible previous to the 16th century?

 

[Skavau]

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[inthecloud]

Bibles written before the 1500s. Guttemberg is one. Search the forums.

 

[Righteousone]

St. Jerome, who was a monk, and perhaps the most learned scholar of his day, at the command of pope St. Damascus in 382 A.D., made a fresh Latin Version of the New Testament (which was by this time practically settled) correcting the existing versions by the earliest Greek MSS. he could find. Then at his cell at Bethleham, between (approximately) the years 392-404, he also translated the Old Testament into Latin directly from the Hebrew (and not the Greek Septuagint)—except the psalter, which he had previously revised from Latin versions. The bible was the celebrated Vulgate, the official text of the Catholic church which held and is composed of 73 seperate books—46 in the OT, and 27 in the NT.

 

[SyCarl]

Actually the Vulgate had 76 books since Jerome also included the Prayer of Mannaseh and 3 Edras and 4 Edras.

thelatinlibrary.com/bible.html

 

[Righteousone]

Actually the Vulgate had 76 books since Jerome also included the Prayer of Mannaseh and 3 Edras and 4 Edras.

thelatinlibrary.com/bible.html

All except 1 and 2 Esdras and the prayer of Mannasseh are considered canonical (in the bible) and authoritative by the Roman Catholic church.

 

[sterryfamily]

Actually ALL the early protestant Bibles included the Deuterocanon (yes, including Martin Luther’s and the first versions of the KJV.) It wasn’t until the 1820’s that the first Protestant Bibles appeared without the Deutero’s.

Ask anyone to show you a pre-1820 version without them.

 

[Lepanto]

There are plenty of pre-reformation Bibles around that you can check. They are solid proof.

Of course, they are extremely valuable and delicate, so it would be hard for you to physically access them. You can find them in museums, cathedrals, monasterys, etc.

I saw several at the Cloisters museum in NY City last year.

 

[DaveBj]

My replica 1611 KJV has the deuteros.

Also, if you search the back issues of This Rock, there is a “Father’s Know Best” article that quotes a number of the early Church Fathers listing the books of the OT and including the deuteros.

DaveBj

 

[Zooey]

Actually ALL the early protestant Bibles included the Deuterocanon (yes, including Martin Luther’s and the first versions of the KJV.) It wasn’t until the 1820’s that the first Protestant Bibles appeared without the Deutero’s.

Ask anyone to show you a pre-1820 version without them.

(And tell them, if they can come up with a pre-Reformation copy without them, that I have offered to eat it).