Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger - Gary Michuta - Catholic Answers (Paperback)Did the Catholic Church add extra books to the Bible?Or did Protestant leaders have them removed?Find out the truth!Some differences between Catholicism and Protestantism can be tricky to grasp, but one of them just requires the ability to count: Catholic bibles have seventy-three books, whereas Protestant bibles have sixty-sixplus an appendix with the strange titleApocrypha.Whats the story here? Protestants claim that the medieval Catholic Church added six extra books that had never been considered part of the Old Testament, either by Jews or early Christians. Catholics say that the Protestant Reformersremovedthose books, long considered part of Sacred Scripture, because they didnt like what they contained.InWhy Catholic Bibles Are Bigger,Gary Michuta presents a revised and expanded version of his authoritative work on this key issue.Combing the historical record from pre-Christian times to the Patristic era to the Reformation and its aftermath, he traces the canon controversy through the writings and actions of its major players.Youll be left with a clear picture of the causes of this tragic divide, and youll be able to explain and defend the reasons for the full, unabridged Catholic Bible.