My Bible Has Added 7 Books!

[~*AnCoRa33*~]

YKC!

I have the "Precious Moments Bible for Catholics: Today's English Version" When looking through I found that it ahd 7 extra books along with the normal 73 books! The extra books are:
1. Letter of Jeramiah
2. Song of Three Young Men
3. Susanna
4. Bel and the Dragon
5. 1 Esdras
6. 2 Esdras
7. The Prayer of Manasseh

Can someone please explain what these are! Do I need to get a different Bible? I'm just so confused!!!!!!!!!!

Pax Christi,
Rebecca
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[Fides_et_Ratio]

Hmm.. well I like the Prayer of Manasseh... part of it in Latin is in my sig!

but it's not part of the official canon. I haven't read the others to say anything about them.

I don't think you necessarily need a new Bible--though, I personally dislike that translation... get an RSV (Revised Standard Version) or something.

Edited July 19, 2004 by Fides_et_Ratio

[WillT]

I don't know if this is what it is, but I believe some of the Eastern Catholic Rites have additional books. You may want to ask someone from an Eastern Rite though, because I could be wrong. Just my 2 cents.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='~*AnCoRa33*~' date='Jul 19 2004, 02:22 PM'] 1. Letter of Jeramiah
2. Song of Three Young Men
3. Susanna
4. Bel and the Dragon
5. 1 Esdras
6. 2 Esdras
7. The Prayer of Manasseh [/quote]
1. Letter of Jeremiah
--this is chapter 6 in the book of Baruch
--both this letter and the book of Baruch as a whole are in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant

2. Song of Three Young Men
--this is 3:24-68 in the Book of Daniel
--in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant

3. Susanna
--this is chapter 13 in the book of Daniel
--in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant

4. Bel and the Dragon
--this is chapter 14 in the book of Daniel
--in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant

5. 1 Esdras
--in the Greek Orthodox Bible, not the Catholic or Protestant

6. 2 Esdras
--in the Greed Orthodox Bible, the books of Ezrah and Nehemiah are combined and called "2 Esdras." in Catholic and Protestant bibles, Ezrah and Nehemiah are separate books.

7. The Prayer of Manasseh
--this is 33:11-13 in 2 Chronicles
--in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant


i hope this helps. pax christi,
phatcatholic

Edited July 20, 2004 by phatcatholic

[Fides_et_Ratio]

[quote name='phatcatholic' date='Jul 20 2004, 03:33 PM'] 7. The Prayer of Manasseh
--this is 33:11-13 in 2 Chronicles
--in the Catholic Bible, not the Protestant
[/quote]


[i]2Ch 33:11 Therefore he brought upon them the captains of he army of the king of the Assyrians: and they took Manasses, and carried him bound with chains and fetters to Babylon.
2Ch 33:12 And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.
2Ch 33:13 And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the Lord was God.[/i]

There must be two then...

PRAYER OF MANASSEH

O Lord Almighty, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
and of all their righteous seed;

Thou who hast made heaven and earth with all their adornments;

Thou who hast marked the sea with Thy word of command, Thou
who hast confined the deep and marked it with Thy terrible and
glorious name;

at Whom all things quake and tremble before Thy virtuous face,

for unbearable is the magnificence of Thy glory and
overwhelming is the threat of Thy wrath upon sinners;

yet truly boundless and unknowable is the promise of Thy
mercy,

for Thou art the Lord, the Most High over all the earth,
compassionate, long-suffering, and greatly merciful, and
repentant over the evils of men.

Thou, however, O Lord, according to Thy goodness, hast
promised repentance and remission for those who have sinned
against Thee; and in the multitude of Thy mercies Thou hast
appointed repentance for salvation of sinners.

Therefore, Thou, O Lord, God of the just, hast not appointed
repentance for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who did not sin
against Thee, but Thou hast appointed repentance for me on
account of my sins.

For my sins number more than the grains of sand in the sea, my
sins I have multiplied, O Lord, my sins I have multiplied! I
am not worthy to gaze upon and behold heaven above because of
the multitude of my sins.

I am bowed down by many fetters of iron, so that I cannot lift
my head nor can I breathe, for I have provoked Thy wrath and
done evil in Thy sight, setting up abominations and
multiplying my offenses.

And now I bend on my knee and humble my heart, beseeching Thy
goodness, O Lord.

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge my
transgressions.

For this reason I beg to ask Thee, O Lord, forgive me, forgive
me! Do not destroy me with my transgressions nor be angry
forever with me nor condemn me to the depths of the inferno.
For I say Thou art, O God, the God of the repentant,

and in me Thou wilt show Thy great goodness! For, unworthy as
I am, Thou wilt save me according to Thy great mercy,

and I will praise Thee always for all of the days of my life.
For all the host of the heavens praise Thee and to Thee be
glory forever. Amen.

[Fides_et_Ratio]

This is from where I got the above prayer...

[i]The Prayer of Manasseh was originally part of Jerome's
Vulgate. After the Council of Trent, however, it was placed in
the Appendix as a part of the Apocrypha. Written sometime in
the first 2 centuries BC, the Prayer of Manasseh is a classic
of penitential devotion. It is associated with the wicked king
of Judah, Manasseh who composed a prayer in exile asking for
forgiveness of his many sins. (2Chr33:13)[/i]

I wonder if the actual prayer is in her Bible, or if it's just mentioning the verses which phatcatholic already mentioned.