Why do Eastern Catholics and Romans Catholics have different Bibles

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by not including those extra books the die was set for those extra books not being in the Latin canon, as I understand it.

The orthodox Church relies heavily on tradition, and their canon is based on on a conciliar decree of canonicity, but they calmly accept the Septuagint from the standpoint of tradition. They were hesistant about the book of revelation, but I think they accepted it.
 
This is the reason of what’s stopping me from joining the Catholic Church, I don’t know if Eastern Catholics accept the same Bible as the Latin Catholics or why they choose to exclude the rest of the Deuterocanonical books?
 
I don’t think you’re going to find a formal, official church document that answers your question. The Catholic Church has certainly never repudiated the books which are included in the Eastern canon that do not appear in the Western canon.
I do think the answer can be inferred from various documents. Consider these statements from the Code of Canon Law for Eastern Churches.
The rites of the Eastern Churches, as the patrimony of the entire Church of Christ, in which there is clearly evident the tradition which has come from the Apostles through the Fathers and which affirm the divine unity in diversity of the Catholic faith, are to be religiously preserved and fostered.
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Canon 28 - §1. A rite is the liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary patrimony, culture and circumstances of history of a distinct people, by which its own manner of living the faith is manifested in each Church sui iuris.
§2. The rites treated in this code, unless otherwise stated, are those which arise from the Alexandrian, Antiochene, Armenian, Chaldean and Constantinopolitan traditions.
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The canon of scripture is clearly part of the spiritual and theological patrimony of the various rites. My personal take on this (and the take of my pastor, who I asked this weekend) is that each rite maintains the canon of scripture proper to its tradition.

I’m sorry that we can’t find a more explicit answer to your question. I hope that you find the peace that you need in order to enter into Communion with Rome.
 
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It confuses me because I’m starting to think that the Latin Catholic Church views the extra books in the Orthodox Canon as uninspired or am I incorrect in this matter?
 
I’m also confused because some Catholics on this thread are telling me that all Catholic must use the same Bible and some are saying that each rite has its own Biblical Canon.
 
So does the Western Church reject the extra books as inspired or does it leave the question open? I thought Trent set the Canon of the Bible as to which books were inspired while not rejecting other books as uninspired, am I correct?
 
Wouldn’t that mean the Latin Catholic Church views the Eastern Catholic Canons as uninspired?
 
That’s precisely the reason Protestants are considered as heretics from a Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox viewpoint.
 
Masihi said:
I’m also confused because some Catholics on this thread are telling me that all Catholic must use the same Bible and some are saying that each rite has its own Biblical Canon.
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We Eastern Catholics are called to practice our ancient ecclesiastical heritage (liturgy, theology, spiritual life, etc.). I going to assume that would also mean the Scriptures that the East has always used. I use the Orthodox Study Bible for personal use. I believe that the Ruthenian Church uses the NAB or RSV-CE for liturgical use, however, don’t quote me on that.

ZP
 
But doesn’t that mean the Latins don’t consider your Canon as correct or accurate?
 
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I’m not sure if it’s up to them to consider whether it is correct or not.

ZP
 
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The EO can’t even come to a universal agreement on which books should and shouldn’t be included in the Bible.
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It’s not that at all.

They just don’t see it as important or necessary to do so.
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Should all Catholics be using the same Canon set by Trent though?
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No.

Firstly, there is absolutely no reason to do so.

Secondly, mandating that they give up their historical canon is inconsistent with the terms of Brest, etc., which came after Trent…
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But doesn’t that mean the Latins don’t consider your Canon as correct or accurate?
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Quite bluntly, what the Latins think about EC canon is irrelevant . . .

hawk
 
It would seem weird to have a Church in which multiple rites reject each others traditional Canon.
 
Didn’t you previously mention that Latin Catholics consider the extra books in the Eastern Catholic canon as uninspired.
 
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It would seem weird to have a Church in which multiple rites reject each others traditional Canon.
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Orthodox don’t always agree on the canon, as has been shown in this thread. It is weird.
 
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It would seem weird to have a Church in which multiple rites reject each others traditional Canon.
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Where did you get the idea that they’re rejected?

This kind of quantization is fundamentally western, and makes no sense to the Eastern mind.

Also, it’s not simply multiple rites, but multiple churches . . .

hawk
 
Orthodox do have the same official Canon however every Church uses different parts of the same Canon. Not every Church reads from the same books during liturgy. This is very different to have a Church in which different rites don’t believe the same books are inspired.
 
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