Deuterocanonical

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Pertaining to the disputed books and passages of the Old and the New Testament.

Of the Old Testament these are

• 1 and 2 Machabees
• Baruch
• Ecclesiasticus
• Judith
• Tobias
• Wisdom
• parts of Daniel (3, 24-90; 13, 14)
• parts of Esther (10:4, to 16:14)

Of the New Testament these are:

• 2 and 3 John
• 2 Peter
• Apocalypse
• Hebrews
• James
• John (7,53, to 8, 11)
• Luke (22,43-44)
• Mark (16, 9-20)

Protestants commonly reject the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament as apocryphal. See also: canon of the Holy Scriptures.

MLA Citation

• “Deuterocanonical”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/deuterocanonical/>