{"id":48090,"date":"2022-07-21T22:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T19:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=48090"},"modified":"2025-05-29T01:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T22:55:46","slug":"are-the-deuterocanonical-books-inspired-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2022\/07\/21\/are-the-deuterocanonical-books-inspired-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Deuterocanonical Books Inspired Scripture?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question:<\/strong>
What are the Deuterocanonical books? Are they inspired by the Holy Spirit and suitable for Christian doctrine?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong>
The term Deuterocanonical<\/em> refers to seven additional books included by the Roman Catholic Church alongside the traditional 66 books of the Bible, bringing the total number of books in the Catholic Bible to 73. The word Deuterocanonical<\/em> means \u201csecond canon,\u201d indicating that these books were added after the original list of 66 books was established.<\/p>\n

The seven Deuterocanonical books are:<\/p>\n

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    Tobit<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Judith<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    1 Maccabees<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 Maccabees<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Wisdom (also called the Wisdom of Solomon)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n

    Baruch<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These books were written after the last Old Testament prophet, Malachi, and before the New Testament era. Originally, neither the Jewish community nor the early Christians regarded these texts as part of the inspired Scripture. They were only officially added to the canon by Pope Damasus I in the 4th century AD.<\/p>\n

    Are these books truly inspired Scripture?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    This question is answered differently by various Christian traditions:<\/p>\n