Some Final Considerations

Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Prayer
 Sr. Anna's Chapel Visit

Key things about the Bible - Burning Questions and Fascinating Things to Know

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Why Does the Catholic Bible Have More Books? | 

Interesting Topics found in the Catholic canon.

The deuterocanonical (from the second  books of the Old Testament are:

• Tobit
• Judith
• Wisdom (also called the Wisdom of Solomon)
• Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus)
• Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah (Additions to Jeremiah in the Septuagint)^[1]
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees
• Additions to Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4 to 16:24)^[2]
• Additions to Daniel:
• Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children (Vulgate Daniel 3:24–90)
• Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13, Septuagint prologue)
• Bel and the Dragon (Vulgate Daniel 14, Septuagint epilogue)

Book of Tobit - Introduces the Archangel Raphael

First recorded ceremony to expel a demon (exorcism) AND Wedding vows in the same chapter???. Chapter 8

Book of Judith

The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life.


Book of Sirach Chapter 38
On Sickness & Death  - Giving doctors their due.

Book of Wisdom
Chapter 10 - "God as a woman?"