Books of the Latin Vulgate Books of the Latin Vulgate These are the books of the Latin Vulgate along with the names and numbers given them in the Douay–Rheims Bible and King James Bible. There are 76 books in the Clementine edition of the Latin Vulgate, 46 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament, and 3 in the Apocrypha. The names and numbers of the books of the Latin Vulgate differ in ways that may be confusing to many modern Bible readers. In addition, some of the books of the Vulgate have content that has been removed to separate books entirely in many
Development of the Old Testament canon Testament and pushes his version of the New Testament to be the Christian canon. Irenaeus wrote: With different perspective, Tertullian said: Everett Ferguson, in chapter 18 of "The Canon Debate", makes a note that: "[Wolfram] Kinzig suggests that it was Marcion who usually called his Bible "testamentum" [Latin for testament]". In the same chapter, Ferguson also says that Tertullian criticizes Marcion regarding the naming of the books in his list. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Marcionites "were perhaps the most dangerous foe Christianity has ever known". Other scholars propose that it was Melito of Sardis who originally coined the