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 | |
| Ancien Testament | ||||||||||||||
| Pentateuque Gn, Ex, Lv, Nb, Dt | 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 |
| Livres historiques Jos, Jg, Rt, 1S, 2S, 1R, 2R, 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 |
| Esdras, Néhémie | 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 |
| Livres de sagesse Jb, Ps, Pr, Ec, Ct | 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 |
| Grands prophètes És, Jr, Lm, Éz | 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 |
| Petits prophètes Os, Jl, Am, Ab, Jon, Mi, Na, Ha, So, Ag, Za, Ml | 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 (grec) | 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 |
| Sagesse | 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 |
| Siracide | 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 |
| Lettre de Jérémie | 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 |
| Cantique des trois enfants | 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 |
| Suzanne | 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 et le 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 Maccabées | 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 Maccabées | 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 Maccabées | 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 Maccabées | absent | absent | absent | absent | outside the canon | absent | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | absent | absent |
| 3 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 |
| 4 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 |
| Prière de Manassé | 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 |
| Psaume 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 |
| Nouveau Testament | ||||||||||||||
| Évangiles et Actes Mt, Mc, Lc, Jn, Ac | 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 |
| Épîtres catholiques Jc, 1P, 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 Pierre, 2 Jean, 3 Jean, 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 |
| Épîtres pauliniennes Rm, 1Co, 2Co, Ga, Ép, Ph, Col, 1Th, 2Th, 1Tm, 2Tm, Tt, Phm, Hé | 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 |
| Apocalypse | 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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