Bible Books Not Removed In 1684, Just Separated


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Discussions around the Bible’s contents are generating buzz on social media platforms. Some users claim that 14 books were removed from the Bible in 1684, referring to the texts known as the “apocrypha” or deuterocanonical books. This assertion, however, is inaccurate.

The apocryphal books, including Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Tobit, Judith, 1st and 2nd Maccabees, and additions to Esther and Daniel, have been an integral part of the Catholic canon since the Synod of Rome in 382, as confirmed by Catholic Answers. Similarly, the Orthodox Churches recognize these texts as canonical, according to the Orthodox Church of America’s website.

While early Protestant Bibles, such as the original 1611 King James Version, included the apocrypha, these books were not considered Scripture by Protestants, as stated by Britannica. As previously reported by Check Your Fact, “The books were not removed in the 1611 original version of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, though were not considered part of the Old Testament. The British and Foreign Bible Society stopped printing the deuterocanonical books from its bibles as it would cost less to print, according to Wikipedia.”

Over time, most Protestant Bibles gradually removed the apocrypha, with a few exceptions. The King James Version omitted these books in 1885, according to Bart Ehrman, a religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

In conclusion, Check Your Fact rates the claim that 14 books were removed from the Bible in 1684 as false.

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