Also, These books were deleted in the last 200 years - 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, The Book of Tobit, The Book of Susanna, (Additions to) Esther, The Book of Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, The Epistle of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasses, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilees, Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Mary

Well...not exactly true. *** #1 *** MOST Christians - by a rather large majority - still include all of those excepting 1 & 2 Esdras in their official Bibles. This includes Catholics and Orthodox in all of their Bibles, as well as most Lutherans, and Anglicans in their **official*** Bibles. *** #2 *** The first-known Bibles to omit those documents (as a group) were Bibles produced by the Puritans in the 1590s. Other Bibles of the time included them. *** #3 *** And, indeed, the 1611 King James Version includes all of them. Here is a link to a scan of a museum copy of the first edition (1611) King James Version table of contents. {{ http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?TextID=kjbible&PagePosition=36 }} So (point): they were NOT deleted from the Bible since 1611. In fact, until around 1800 most English Bibles continued to include the English Protestant Apocrypha (as listed there in the King James Version). *** #4 *** Then how did the "deletion" happen? The Puritans were a very influential denomination. The English-speakers of many later Protestant denominations adopted the 66-book ("abridged" Puritan) Bible (which, not incidentally, was cheaper to produce than the "with Apocrypha" Bibles.). BUT it was not until about 1800 that 66-book English Bibles became more popular than their larger counterparts.

Excerpt from an article; "When examining the question of which books were originally included in the Old Testament canon, it is important to note that some of the books of the Bible have been known by more than one name. Sirach is also known as Ecclesiasticus, 1 and 2 Chronicles as 1 and 2 Paralipomenon, Ezra and Nehemiah as 1 and 2 Esdras, and 1 and 2 Samuel with 1 and 2 Kings as 1, 2, 3, and 4 Kings—that is, 1 and 2 Samuel are named 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Kings are named 3 and 4 Kings. The history and use of these designations is explained more fully in Scripture reference works." Link to entire article; https://www.catholic.com/tract/the-old-testament-canon

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