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What are the Deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) books?
The Deuterocanonical books — what they are, which traditions accept them, and why Protestant Bibles usually omit them.
Updated 18 May 2026 · By the Bibles.co.uk editorial team
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The Deuterocanonical books are Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, plus Greek additions to Daniel and Esther. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept them as Scripture; most Protestant churches group them as 'Apocrypha' and exclude them from the canon.
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