Do Catholics Have Their Own Bible?
The Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are nearly identical. All of the books of the Protestant Bible are in the Catholic Bible, both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and the New Testament. The Catholic Bible also includes, however, another seven books that Protestants do not consider inspired.
These books include Tobit, Judith, First Maccabees, Second Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch. There are also extended supplements to the books of Daniel and Esther. This material was included in a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures called the Septuagint. The Septuagint was the work of Jewish scholars over a century or more, from the 3