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 | In parentheses are alternate names for the Book in question.
Books marked by a black square are called "deuterocanonical" by the
Catholic
Church and "apocryphal" by non-Catholic Christians. The first five
Books of the Bible, the Law, are also called "Torah" and the
"Pentateuch". 
 
 
              
                
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 Leviticus
 Numbers
 Deuteronomy
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 | Joshua ("Josue") Judges
 Ruth
 1 Kings ("I Samuel")
 2 Kings ("2 Samuel")
 3 Kings ("1 Kings in Protestant Bibles")
 4 Kings ("2 Kings in Protestant Bibles")
 1 Chronicles ("1 Paralipomenon")
 2 Chronicles ("2 Paralipomenon")
 Ezra ("1 Esdras")
 Nehemiah ("2 Esdras" or "Nehemias")
 Tobit ("Tobias")
  Judith
  Esther (longer than Protestant versions)
 1 Maccabees (1 Machabees)
  2 Maccabees (2 Machabees)
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 Proverbs
 Ecclesiastes
 Song of Solomon ("Canticle of Canticles" or "Song of Songs")
 Wisdom of Solomon ("Wisdom")
  Sirach ("Ecclesiasticus" or "The Wisdom of Sirach")
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 Lamentations
 Baruch
  Ezekiel
 Daniel (longer than Protestant versions)
 
 *Twelve Minor Prophets*:
 Hosea ("Osee")
 Joel
 Amos
 Obadiah ("Abdias")
 Jonah
 Micah ("Micheas")
 Nahum
 Habakkuk ("Habbacuc")
 Zephaniah ("Sophonias")
 Haggai ("Aggeus")
 Zechariah ("Zacharias")
 Malachi ("Malachias")
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according to St. Matthew ("Matthew") The Gospel according to St. Mark ("Mark")
 The Gospel according to St. Luke ("Luke")
 The Gospel according to St. John ("John")
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 1 Corinthians
 2 Corinthians
 Galatians
 Ephesians
 Philippians
 Colossians
 1 Thessalonians
 2 Thessalonians
 1 Timothy
 2 Timothy
 Titus
 Philemon
 Hebrews
 James
 1 Peter
 2 Peter
 1 John
 2 John
 3 John
 Jude
 The Apocalypse of St. John the Divine ("Apocalypse" or "Revelation")
 |   Note that Catholics and Protestants number the Psalms
differently. Traditional Catholic Bibles, including the Vulgate, which
is the "official Catholic Bible," and the Douay-Rheims follow the older
numbering of the Septuagint. Protestants and, sadly, some post-concilar
translations, follow the numbering used by 6th -10th c. (A.D.) Jewish
rabbis. The chart below compares those two numbering systems:     
              
                
                  | Catholic | Protestant |  
                  | 1-8 | 1-8 |  
                  | 9 | 9-10 |  
                  | 10-112 | 11-113 |  
                  | 113 | 114-115 |  
                  | 114 | 116:1-9 |  
                  | 115 | 116:10-19 |  
                  | 116-145 | 117-146 |  
                  | 146 | 147:1-11 |  
                  | 147 | 147:12-29 |  
                  | 148-150 | 148-150 |    Back to The Canon
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