Resources

• From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) web site

• From the Vatican Archives

A Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, made for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and adopted by the early Christian Churches.

Apocrypha, (from Greek apokryptein, “to hide away”), in biblical literature, works outside an accepted canon of scripture. The history of the term's usage indicates that it referred to a body of esoteric writings that were at first prized, later tolerated, and finally excluded. (www.britannica.com)

A Latin version of the Bible authorized and used by the Roman Catholic Church.