Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

They respond to the Reformation because they're like, okay, Protestantism has become this big thing. We need to deal with this. So let's try to bring the Protestants and the Catholics together and figure this out. So that we can reunite the believers? Sort of, although they invite the Protestants and they say, you can show up, but you can't vote. So they don't really.

They respond to the Reformation because they're like, okay, Protestantism has become this big thing. We need to deal with this. So let's try to bring the Protestants and the Catholics together and figure this out. So that we can reunite the believers? Sort of, although they invite the Protestants and they say, you can show up, but you can't vote. So they don't really.

They respond to the Reformation because they're like, okay, Protestantism has become this big thing. We need to deal with this. So let's try to bring the Protestants and the Catholics together and figure this out. So that we can reunite the believers? Sort of, although they invite the Protestants and they say, you can show up, but you can't vote. So they don't really.

So the Protestants hear this and they're like, well, we're not showing up then. And a few show up later on. But part of the conversation is that there was no one Roman Catholic Bible. So you go back to, say, St. Jerome in the fourth century. He translates the Greek Old Testament and Greek New Testament into Latin. That's the Vulgate. It's the Vulgata, right? It just means like common.

So the Protestants hear this and they're like, well, we're not showing up then. And a few show up later on. But part of the conversation is that there was no one Roman Catholic Bible. So you go back to, say, St. Jerome in the fourth century. He translates the Greek Old Testament and Greek New Testament into Latin. That's the Vulgate. It's the Vulgata, right? It just means like common.

So the Protestants hear this and they're like, well, we're not showing up then. And a few show up later on. But part of the conversation is that there was no one Roman Catholic Bible. So you go back to, say, St. Jerome in the fourth century. He translates the Greek Old Testament and Greek New Testament into Latin. That's the Vulgate. It's the Vulgata, right? It just means like common.

So people weren't speaking Greek anymore. They're speaking Latin. And so Constantine says, we need a Bible that people can actually read. So he commissions Jerome to translate the Bible into the language that everybody can read. At the time, though, Jerome doesn't believe that the Apocrypha, so this other group of books in the Old Testament, not in the New Testament, are Scripture.

So people weren't speaking Greek anymore. They're speaking Latin. And so Constantine says, we need a Bible that people can actually read. So he commissions Jerome to translate the Bible into the language that everybody can read. At the time, though, Jerome doesn't believe that the Apocrypha, so this other group of books in the Old Testament, not in the New Testament, are Scripture.

So people weren't speaking Greek anymore. They're speaking Latin. And so Constantine says, we need a Bible that people can actually read. So he commissions Jerome to translate the Bible into the language that everybody can read. At the time, though, Jerome doesn't believe that the Apocrypha, so this other group of books in the Old Testament, not in the New Testament, are Scripture.

So Jerome argues against Augustine, who does believe they were Scripture. But there's always this open conversation. The only council that makes any delineation on what Scripture is, is the Council of Trent. So at Trent, that is when the—so the Catholics would call it the Deuterocanonical books— And I'm a little disappointed that you didn't. You used my term, though, which I'm okay with. Sure.

So Jerome argues against Augustine, who does believe they were Scripture. But there's always this open conversation. The only council that makes any delineation on what Scripture is, is the Council of Trent. So at Trent, that is when the—so the Catholics would call it the Deuterocanonical books— And I'm a little disappointed that you didn't. You used my term, though, which I'm okay with. Sure.

So Jerome argues against Augustine, who does believe they were Scripture. But there's always this open conversation. The only council that makes any delineation on what Scripture is, is the Council of Trent. So at Trent, that is when the—so the Catholics would call it the Deuterocanonical books— And I'm a little disappointed that you didn't. You used my term, though, which I'm okay with. Sure.

Because apocrypha typically means I get to term for things that are out. Right. I went to Presbyterian school.

Because apocrypha typically means I get to term for things that are out. Right. I went to Presbyterian school.

Because apocrypha typically means I get to term for things that are out. Right. I went to Presbyterian school.

So the Catholics have 73 books in their Bible. I have 66 in my Bible. The 39 books of the Old Testament that I have in my Old Testament are the same books that the guy that I mentioned before, Josephus, mentions as the books that the Jews consider scripture. Now, he gives a different number, but it's the same number of books. They're just in a different order. So the Jews order them differently.

So the Catholics have 73 books in their Bible. I have 66 in my Bible. The 39 books of the Old Testament that I have in my Old Testament are the same books that the guy that I mentioned before, Josephus, mentions as the books that the Jews consider scripture. Now, he gives a different number, but it's the same number of books. They're just in a different order. So the Jews order them differently.

So the Catholics have 73 books in their Bible. I have 66 in my Bible. The 39 books of the Old Testament that I have in my Old Testament are the same books that the guy that I mentioned before, Josephus, mentions as the books that the Jews consider scripture. Now, he gives a different number, but it's the same number of books. They're just in a different order. So the Jews order them differently.

It's the same today. If you buy a Tanakh, the Torah, Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim, what are the books of the Jewish publication, they will have the same books as a Protestant Old Testament. They'll just have them in a different order. Got it. So they group the prophets together differently. They don't have 1 and 2 Kings. They have Kings. They don't have 1 and 2 Chronicles.

It's the same today. If you buy a Tanakh, the Torah, Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim, what are the books of the Jewish publication, they will have the same books as a Protestant Old Testament. They'll just have them in a different order. Got it. So they group the prophets together differently. They don't have 1 and 2 Kings. They have Kings. They don't have 1 and 2 Chronicles.