The Bible canon across churches
Which books make up the Bible in different churches. The reference point is the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments: the table shows which books beyond these each tradition's Bible contains and which of the 66 it lacks.
The table records the practice of each church; it takes no side in the dispute about the canon. Books of one group with the same marks in every column share one row.
- in the canon — the book belongs to the canon; for an edition, it is printed in the body of the Bible
- outside the canon — the book is in this Bible but outside or below the canon: read in church, called non-canonical or printed as an appendix
- no data — the sources found say nothing about this book
- absent — empty cell: the book is not in this Bible
| Book | Traditions | Editions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestants (Reformed tradition) | Anglican Church | Lutheran Church | Catholic Church | Orthodox Church, Greek practice | Orthodox Church, Russian practice | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | Assyrian Church of the East | Syriac Orthodox Church | Judaism (Tanakh) | Septuagint (Rahlfs–Hanhart) | Clementine Vulgate (1592) | Russian Synodal Translation | Targum | |
| Old Testament | ||||||||||||||
| Pentateuch Gen, Exo, Lev, Num, Deu | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon |
| Historical Books Jos, Jdg, Rut, 1Sa, 2Sa, 1Ki, 2Ki, 1Ch, 2Ch, Est | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon |
| Ezra, Nehemiah | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| Wisdom Books Job, Psa, Pro, Ecc, Sng | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon |
| Major Prophets Isa, Jer, Lam, Ezk | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon |
| Daniel | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| Minor Prophets Hos, Jol, Amo, Oba, Jon, Mic, Nam, Hab, Zep, Hag, Zec, Mal | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon |
| Books beyond the 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Tobit | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Judith | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Esther (Greek) | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Wisdom of Solomon | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Sirach | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Baruch | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Letter of Jeremiah | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Song of Three | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Susanna | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Bel and the Dragon | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| 1 Maccabees | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| 2 Maccabees | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | in the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| 3 Maccabees | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | outside the canon | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | absent |
| 4 Maccabees | absent | absent | absent | absent | outside the canon | absent | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | absent | absent |
| 1 Esdras | absent | outside the canon | absent | absent | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | outside the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| 2 Esdras | absent | outside the canon | absent | absent | no data | outside the canon | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Prayer of Manasseh | absent | outside the canon | outside the canon | absent | no data | outside the canon | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | outside the canon | outside the canon | absent |
| Psalm 151 | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | outside the canon | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | outside the canon | absent |
| Odes | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | absent | absent |
| Psalms of Solomon | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | absent | absent |
| Jubilees | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| Enoch | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| 1 Meqabyan | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| 2 Meqabyan | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| 3 Meqabyan | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| 4 Baruch | absent | absent | absent | absent | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | no data | absent | absent | no data | absent | absent |
| New Testament | ||||||||||||||
| Gospels and Acts Mat, Mrk, Luk, Jhn, Act | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent | absent | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| Catholic Epistles Jas, 1Pe, 1Jn | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent | absent | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| 2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, Jude | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent | in the canon | absent | absent | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| Pauline Epistles Rom, 1Co, 2Co, Gal, Eph, Php, Col, 1Th, 2Th, 1Ti, 2Ti, Tit, Phm, Heb | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent | absent | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
| Revelation | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | in the canon | absent | in the canon | absent | absent | in the canon | in the canon | absent |
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