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 | |
| Antico Testamento | ||||||||||||||
| Pentateuco Gn, Es, Lv, Nm, 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 |
| Libri storici Gs, Gdc, Rt, 1Sam, 2Sam, 1Re, 2Re, 1Cr, 2Cr, 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 |
| Esdra, Neemia | 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 |
| Libri sapienziali Gb, Sal, 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 |
| Profeti maggiori Is, Ger, Lam, Ez | 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 |
| Daniele | 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 |
| Profeti minori Os, Gl, Am, Abd, Gio, Mi, Na, Ab, Sof, Ag, Zc, 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Tobia | 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 |
| Giuditta | 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 |
| Ester (greco) | 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 |
| Sapienza | 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 |
| Baruc | 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 |
| Lettera di Geremia | 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 |
| Preghiera di Azaria | 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 e il Drago | 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 Maccabei | 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 Maccabei | 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 Maccabei | 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 Maccabei | absent | absent | absent | absent | outside the canon | absent | no data | no data | no data | absent | in the canon | no data | absent | absent |
| 3 Esdra | 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 Esdra | 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 |
| Preghiera di Manasse | 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 |
| Salmo 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 |
| Nuovo Testamento | ||||||||||||||
| Vangeli e Atti Mt, Mc, Lc, Gv, At | 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 |
| Lettere cattoliche Gc, 1Pt, 1Gv | 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 Pietro, 2 Giovanni, 3 Giovanni, Giuda | 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 |
| Lettere paoline Rm, 1Cor, 2Cor, Gal, Ef, Fil, Col, 1Ts, 2Ts, 1Tm, 2Tm, Tt, Fm, Eb | 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 |
| Apocalisse | 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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