Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Did Catholics ADD books to the Bible… or did Protestants REMOVE them? That question sounds simple... but it isn't.
And the way you answer it depends a lot on what you believe the Bible's canon looked like in the first place.
You can just as easily say that Protestants removed the books of the Apocrypha as you can say that Catholics added them.
That's why the history matters.
What did you grow up believing: "Catholics added books" or "Protestants removed books"? 👇
I unpack the history in my full video on YouTube.
Did Catholics ADD books to the Bible… or did Protestants REMOVE them? That question sounds simple... but it isn't.
And the way you answer it depends a lot on what you believe the Bible's canon looked like in the first place.
You can just as easily say that Protestants removed the books of the Apocrypha as you can say that Catholics added them.
That's why the history matters.
What did you grow up believing: "Catholics added books" or "Protestants removed books"? 👇
I unpack the history in my full video on YouTube.










