In continuation of our series on Sacred Scripture, Justin Hibbard explores why Protestant Bibles are smaller than Catholic Bibles. Why did the Protestant reformers remove 7 books along with parts of Daniel and Esther from the Bible that had been existence since the 4th century? And how has their premise been definitively debunked with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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SHOW NOTES:

* Timeline of Biblical Canon Lists

* Why Catholic Bibles are Bigger by Gary Michuta

* Gary Michuta Interview on Pints with Aquinas

* Episode 119 - How the Bible Came to Be

* How to Defend the Deuterocanonicals

* The Septuagint Online

* The Latin Vulgate with English Translation

* Letter from Augustine to Jerome (405 AD)

* The Luther Bible Online (1534)

* 1611 King James Bible Online

* The Dead Sea Scrolls Online Library

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