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

Whether the deuterocanonical books (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1–2 Maccabees, and additions to Esther and Daniel) are part of the biblical canon or considered apocryphal.

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Overall consensus73/100

Reformed Baptist Churches (1689 London Baptist Confession)

Reformed Baptist Churches (1689 London Baptist Confession)

Evangelical

Denies

Apocryphal books rejected; not Scripture; 66-book canon affirmed

Reformed Baptists explicitly deny canonicity of deuterocanonical books. 1689 Confession affirms Protestant canon of 66 books and explicitly rejects Apocrypha as Scripture.\n\nWhile books may be read for historical information they are not authoritative. Reformed Baptist position grounded in conviction canon was closed with New Testament completion. Deuterocanonical books lack direct prophetic authority.

Scripture References

Sources

  • 1689 London Baptist Confession Chapter 1
  • Westminster Confession Chapter 1
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