Definition Of Deuterocanonical

[Mateo el Feo]

Hi guys,

I've got a problem with the dictionary.com definition (actually, The American Heritage definition) of [url="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=deuterocanonical"]deuterocanonical (link)[/url]. Here is their definition. I'll bold the problem:

[quote]Of, relating to, or being a second canon, especially that consisting of sections of the Old and New Testaments [b]not included in the original Roman Catholic canon [/b]but accepted by theologians in 1548 at the Council of Trent.[/quote]

What's that all about?

Thanks,

Mateo

[Theoketos]

Mistake...You should write in about it, they might give toy some money.

[cmotherofpirl]

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Catholic Pocket Dictionary- Father Hardon:


DEUTEROCANONICAL. Referring to those books and passages of the Old and New Testaments about which there was controversy at one time in early Christian history. In the Old Testament they are Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and lI Maccabees, parts of Esther (10:4-16, 14) and Daniel (3:24-90, 13, 14). In the New Testament are Hebrews, James, II Peter, II and III John, Revelation, and Mark 16:9-20. All of these are recognized by the Catholic Church as part of the biblical canon. Among Protestants the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament are rejected as apocryphal, along with the last twelve verses of Mark's Gospel.

Edited September 16, 2004 by cmotherofpirl