Deuterocanonical Books — "Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Maccabees"

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ follow the Protestant canon and deny canonical status to the deuterocanonical books (Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1-2 Maccabees). The Restoration Movement's emphasis on apostolic Scripture and the restoration of apostolic faith leads to the adoption of the narrower Protestant canon. The Apocrypha is acknowledged as valuable historical and devotional literature but is not treated as Scripture or cited as evidence for doctrine.

This position reflects the Restoration Movement's commitment to the biblical texts recognized by the apostles and early Church, which excluded the deuterocanonical books. The exclusion does not diminish the value of these texts as historical sources but maintains a clear distinction between Scripture and patristic literature.