How did the Old Testament canon develop?

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Catholic Answers Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin explains the circumstances behind the development of the Old Testament canon.

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[aelredtheless]

I like the videos from Catholic Answers Live, but I really like these more polished videos too. I encourage you guys to produce more of them!

[catholiccom]

@aelredtheless Thank you! We are currently working on a series of videos like these to coincide with Jimmy's latest book Mass Revision. Some of the videos will address the new English translation of the mass, and others will be about the mass itself. Keep an eye out for them! †

[TheYOSHIDUDES]

The Church, both East and West, accepted the deuterocanon. The Council of Trent just reaffirmed their canonical status in the Latin Church.

[simonsagan1945]

why is there so many different OT in the Christian bible?

[76nonoy]

@7801Croc.... That is wrong buddy. These were not added during the reformation. Protestants thought that those bookds were only added in the council of Trent in in 1546 AD. Council of Rome in 362 decided the Canon of 46 OT and 27 NT books. Ratified in the Councils of Hippo 393 AD, Carthage 397 and 419 AD, Nicea II 787 AD, Florence 1442 AD and finally ratified with the same number of books in the Council of Trent 1546 AD.

[pj100003]

@7801Croc -latter half of the 1st cent. Secondly, about the quoting of the Deuterocanon in the New Testament, I agree that there are few quotes. However, there are certainly a number of allusions to it, especially the book of Wisdom, most notably in Matt. 27, and Eph. 5. Lastly, the thing about accepting the entire Deuterocanon is that the Church determined the other books thereof were not inspired by God, and by Her authority (Mt. 16:19) She defined the Canon, just like for the New Testament.

[7801Croc]

Continuing from below: The truth of the matter is that if what Jimmy was stating were true, then there should be 14 books, in addition to the Protestant NT because these 14 books were part of the Septuagint. Furthermore; Jesus nor any of the writers of the NT quote from theses books unless you stretch a quote. Common sense dictates the questioning as to why the Roman Catholic Church waited until the reformation to add this non-biblical books known to contain error and therefore not inspired.

[w0359529]

I understand the significance of the Septuagint and that it is quoted in the New Testament about 300 times. However, I'm confused because there are a few books in the Septuagint that do not exist in the Catholic canon. What are we to make of this?

[CaliforniaCatholic]

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[BZentinela]

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