Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you were raised Catholic, I want to speak to you from the heart. This may be difficult to hear, especially when your beliefs are deeply tied to family, tradition, and identity. But I invite you to consider this from a place of love and truth.
One of the key differences between Catholic and Protestant teaching is the inclusion of the Apocrypha—a collection of books found in Catholic Bibles but not in the original Hebrew Scriptures or most Protestant Bibles. These books, like Tobit, Judith, and 1 & 2 Maccabees, were written between the Old and New Testaments. While they contain historical and moral insights, they were never considered inspired Scripture by the Jewish people, by Jesus, or by the apostles.
In fact, it wasn’t until the Council of Trent in 1546 (over 1,500 years after Christ) that the Roman Catholic Church officially declared the Apocrypha as part of the biblical canon. That decision came in response to the Protestant Reformation, where leaders like Martin Luther urged a return to Scripture alone (sola scriptura).
We must be careful not to treat something as God’s Word if it was never affirmed by Christ or the early church. I know that may feel like a big shift.
As always, I’m here if you ever have questions. We’re all on a journey of learning and growing in the truth. Let’s talk in the comments.
#ChristianShorts #BibleTeaching #ApocryphaExplained #FalseTeachingExposed #BibleStudyTips #TheBeatWithAllenParr #BiblicalTruth #WhatTheBibleSays #ChristianContent #AllenParrShorts #BibleCanon #SolaScriptura
If you were raised Catholic, I want to speak to you from the heart. This may be difficult to hear, especially when your beliefs are deeply tied to family, tradition, and identity. But I invite you to consider this from a place of love and truth.
One of the key differences between Catholic and Protestant teaching is the inclusion of the Apocrypha—a collection of books found in Catholic Bibles but not in the original Hebrew Scriptures or most Protestant Bibles. These books, like Tobit, Judith, and 1 & 2 Maccabees, were written between the Old and New Testaments. While they contain historical and moral insights, they were never considered inspired Scripture by the Jewish people, by Jesus, or by the apostles.
In fact, it wasn’t until the Council of Trent in 1546 (over 1,500 years after Christ) that the Roman Catholic Church officially declared the Apocrypha as part of the biblical canon. That decision came in response to the Protestant Reformation, where leaders like Martin Luther urged a return to Scripture alone (sola scriptura).
We must be careful not to treat something as God’s Word if it was never affirmed by Christ or the early church. I know that may feel like a big shift.
As always, I’m here if you ever have questions. We’re all on a journey of learning and growing in the truth. Let’s talk in the comments.
#ChristianShorts #BibleTeaching #ApocryphaExplained #FalseTeachingExposed #BibleStudyTips #TheBeatWithAllenParr #BiblicalTruth #WhatTheBibleSays #ChristianContent #AllenParrShorts #BibleCanon #SolaScriptura
