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Q: How many books of the Old Testament are found in Guttenberg's printed Bible?

A: The same number that are in any Catholic Bible today -- 46 Old Testament books plus the 27 New Testament ones, for a total of 73 books (a much more spiritual number than the Protestant canon of 66 books ;-). The Guttenberg Bible -- the first Bible ever printed -- was a Catholic Bible (in fact, the Protestant Reformation had not even happened yet), and the number of books in Catholic Bibles has been the same ever since the Bible was first canonized at the Council of Rome in A.D. 382 under Pope Damasus I (see my piece Defending the Deuterocanonicals for more information).

So was Guttenberg an idot, mis-guided or what to not print 66 books? Why didn't he listen to some "man" and print just 66? Why would any one listen to just one "man" (Martin Luther) and believe there's only 66 books when there had been 73 for more than a millenium?

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Did you read the article? The Jewish canon closed around 200 BC the Hebrew Bible Jesus used did not have the non cannonical books in it....I think He knew what was inspired huh?