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No version of the Bible contains in any of its books or texts of scripture an ''explicit'' listing of an authoritative Biblical canon as revealed by the Word of God. The religious tradition of each particular sect or denomination, Samaritan, Orthodox, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, has determined for their members the particular Biblical canon they have accepted as authoritative and definitive, the particular Bible they normally use. Some denominations have additionally specified the particular ''translation'' or ''version'' of the Bible which they have defined as authentic, as against other versions and translations which they deem to be defective, or false, or even ''demonically'' corrupt.<ref name=discern>See the following five sources
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No version of the Bible contains in any of its books or texts of scripture an ''explicit'' listing of an authoritative Biblical canon as revealed by the Word of God. The religious tradition of each particular sect or denomination, Samaritan, Orthodox, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, has determined for their members the particular Biblical canon they have accepted as authoritative and definitive, the particular Bible they normally use. Some denominations have additionally specified the particular ''translation'' or ''version'' of the Bible which they have defined as authentic, as against other versions and translations which they deem to be defective, or false, or even ''demonically'' corrupt.<ref name=discern>Discerning good and bad translations. See the following five sources
 
*[http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/wbible.htm Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church, by The Right Rev. Henry G. Graham] (catholicapologetics.info). Published TAN Books; Revised edition (March 1, 1992) ISBN-10: 0895557967, ISBN-13: 978-0895557964. 172 pages. ''Bishop Dr. Graham presents a detailed historical analysis, with documentation, of the various attempts to falsify the Bible, even to eliminate it, from the 1st century to the present day''.
 
*[http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/wbible.htm Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church, by The Right Rev. Henry G. Graham] (catholicapologetics.info). Published TAN Books; Revised edition (March 1, 1992) ISBN-10: 0895557967, ISBN-13: 978-0895557964. 172 pages. ''Bishop Dr. Graham presents a detailed historical analysis, with documentation, of the various attempts to falsify the Bible, even to eliminate it, from the 1st century to the present day''.
 
*[http://www.bibleprobe.com/falsebibles.htm Beware of these new False Bibles since 1881 - Bible Probe] (bibleprobe.com)
 
*[http://www.bibleprobe.com/falsebibles.htm Beware of these new False Bibles since 1881 - Bible Probe] (bibleprobe.com)
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