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added links to essays "A Defense of the Protestant position on the Apocrypha" and "Why Luther and the Protestant Reformers Removed Books From the Bible"
There are also a number of apocryphal books which are not included in the Catholic Bible either. These include, for example, the [[Book of Enoch]] and the [[Book of Jubilees]] from the Old Testament period, and the [[Didache]] and the [[Gospel of Thomas]] from the New Testament period. These books were of disputed status in the early Church as to whether they were scriptural or not, and were rejected by the Council of Trent. The Early Church fathers were concerned only with books relevant to the Christian faith, books which concerned salvation and growing in the Lord.
There are also a number of apocryphal books which are not included in the Catholic Bible either. These include, for example, the [[Book of Enoch]] and the [[Book of Jubilees]] from the Old Testament period, and the [[Didache]] and the [[Gospel of Thomas]] from the New Testament period. These books were of disputed status in the early Church as to whether they were scriptural or not, and were rejected by the Council of Trent. The Early Church fathers were concerned only with books relevant to the Christian faith, books which concerned salvation and growing in the Lord.
== External links ==
*See essay: [http://www.jiminger.com/Jim/apocrypha.html "A Defense of the Protestant position on the Apocrypha", by Jim Carroll.] (Presbyterian) —jiminger.com.
*See essay: [http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/ocrc/2009/06/the-orthodox-bible/ "Why Luther and the Protestant Reformers Removed Books From the Bible"] —''when the page comes up with photo-image of Orthodox Study Bible, scroll down to the essay immediately below it.''
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