why Catholics considered the deuteronomical books of the old testament as divinely inspired books? pa help huhu

Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are not in agreement as to the exact limits of Old Testament Scripture. Protestants believe and teach that there are only thirty-nine books that makeup the Old Testament. Roman Catholicism, however, teaches that the Old Testament consists of these thirty-nine books as well as seven additional books. Furthermore, the Roman Church also teaches that two books of the Old Testament, Daniel and Esther, have longer sections in them which Protestants delete. These additions are called the deuterocanonical books, or second canon books, by Roman Catholics and the Old Testament Apocrypha by Protestants. Roman Catholics call them deuterocanonical books, not because they are inferior to the proto-canonical, or first canon books, but rather because their status was decided later in history.

Who is correct? Which books belong in the Old Testament as part of Holy Scripture? Why does Roman Catholicism believe these additional books, and parts of books, constitute sacred Scripture that have been wrongly deleted by Protestants?

How We State the Roman Catholic Position on the Books of the Old Testament Apocrypha

In this question, we will state the arguments given by Roman Catholic authorities concerning the deuterocanonical books, as they call these writings, or the books of the Old Testament Apocrypha as Protestants call them. There are several points we want to emphasize.

First, we are attempting to put forward the best case for the Roman Catholic position. It is our intention to use the strongest arguments we can find from authoritative Roman Catholic sources. If we have not correctly stated the Roman Catholic position on the matter, or if better arguments can be found, we will certainly include this material in any update of this question. Our desire is to present a fair representation of the Roman Catholic position.

Having said this, it must be recognized that Roman Catholic sources do not agree among themselves as how to answer this particular issue. As we shall see in our response, there are contradictory statements from Catholic sources about why these Old Testament Apocrypha books should be accepted as Scripture. Thus, when we list the various Roman Catholic arguments, we are aware that not every Roman Catholic scholar would agree with each one of them. However, all of these arguments have been put forward by Roman Catholics spokesmen in the past, or are still being used in the present. Therefore, when we state the Roman Catholic case for including these books, we will be listing the main arguments that are usually put forward in these discussions.

A Brief Summary of the Roman Catholic Arguments

We will now consider why the Roman Catholic Church accepts the Old Testament Apocrypha as Holy Scripture. To make it easier, we will divide their case into three main parts. We can summarize each section as follows:

The first point which Roman Catholics attempt to establish is that there was no fixed canon of Scripture at the time of Jesus and His apostles. Some argue that there were competing canons while others argue that the Old Testament canon had not been fully accepted in Jesus’ day. Whatever the case may be, the canon of Scripture was not fixed or established.

They argue that the establishment of the canon for the Jews did not come until late in the first century A.D. When the city of Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed in A.D. 70, the Jews had to rethink their way of life. Consequently, an authoritative council met in the city of Jamnia which decided among other things, the limits of the canon. However, Roman Catholics argue that the decision made in Jamnia had no binding authority. The Jews had rejected Jesus, hence God rejected them. Authority now lay in the church. Consequently, it was not the right of the Jews to determine the extent of the canon, but rather the church. Indeed, according to Roman Catholicism, the decisions made in Jamnia actually left certain books out of inspired Scripture; the Old Testament Apocrypha.

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