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📖 Did you know the Catholic Bible has 73 books while most Protestant Bibles only have 66? Here’s why ⬇️ 👉 The first Christians used the Septuagint, a Greek Old Testament that included 7 more books: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and 1 & 2 Maccabees, plus additions to Esther and Daniel. 👉 This was the Bible Jesus quoted and the Apostles preached from. For over a thousand years, the Church read all 73 books. 👉 In the 1500s, Martin Luther removed 7 books because they didn’t support his