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How to Wolf-proof Your Kids: A Catholic Parent's Guide to Keeping Your Kids Catholic"
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Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger: The Untold Story of the Lost Books of the Protestant Bible.
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The Gospel According to James McCarthy: A Catholic Response to McCarthy's book, "The Gospel According to Rome."
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"...[Maccabees] has weight with the faithful, but it avails nothing with the obstinate."

The Evidence The following section includes reproductions of primary source material.
HTML	Pilgrims' Regress: The Geneva Bible & The "Apocrypha"
HTML	The Inconvenient Tale of the Original King James Bible

The Swan File

Protestant apologist James Swan on aomin.org has written a series of articles critiquing the book Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger. The following are the author's (and others') responses to these articles.
HTML	Response to Misrepresentations Concerning Sirach
HTML	Response to Swan's "Gary Michuta, Josephus, And The Cessation of Prophecy"
HTML	Response to Swan's "Romans 3:2 And The Apocrypha (Part 1)
HTML	No Scholars At Trent? Need for Clarification

Articles Of Interest

Media	Topic	Author
HTML	The Old Testament In The Early Church Revisited	A.C. Sundberg
HTML	The Old Testament Canon and the "Council" of Jamnia	Steve Ray
HTML	Deuterocanonical References in the New Testament	Jimmy Akin
HTML	Canon of the Old Testament (a good overview of the subject)	W. Hartono
HTML	The Septuagint (a nice overview of the LXX)	Norman H. Redington
HTML	Possible References To the Deuterocanon in the NT	David Armstrong
HTML	King James Bible w/ Apocrypha
HTML	The Apocrypha Index

Frequently Raised Objections: Answered

Article in English	Topic (The following articles were part of an early draft of Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger. They have not been proofread so please excuse the grammar)	Portuguese Translation by Rafael Rodrigues Link to Site	Article in Portuguese
DOC	All Inspired Scripture Must Be Original	Toda Escritura Inspirada Tem Que Ser Original	DOC
DOC	Did Philo Reject the Deuterocanon?	FILON DE ALEXANDRIA NUNCA CITOU OS DEUTEROCANÔNICOS	DOC
DOC	God Inspired Scripture Only In Hebrew	DEUS INSPIROU SOMENTE EM HEBRAICO	DOC
DOC	Does Scripture Have An Internal Canon?	O ARGUMENTO DO CÂNON INTERNO DAS ESCRITURAS	DOC
DOC	Did Josephus Accept the Deuterocanon?	Josefo e o fechamento do cânon em Artaxerxes	DOC
DOC	Does the NT Quote The Deuterocanon?	O NOVO TESTAMENTO NÃO CITA OS DEUTEROCANÔNICOS?	DOC
DOC	Internal Witness vs. the Determine?	Refutando alegações sobre a revelação do Espirito Santo aos fiéis.	DOC
DOC	Only Prophets Write Scripture...	SOMENTE PROFETAS PODEM ESCREVER LIVROS INSPIRADOS?	DOC
DOC	Does the Deuterocanon claim that is it NOT inspired?	SOMENTE PROFETAS PODEM ESCREVER LIVROS INSPIRADOS?	DOC
DOC	4th Ezra And the Canon	OS VINTE E QUARTO LIVROS DE ESDRAS IV	DOC
DOC	The Dead Sea Scrolls And the Deuterocanon	OS MANUSCRITOS DO MAR MORTO REVELAM QUE NENHUM LIVROS DEUTEROCANÔNICOS FORAM ACEITOS COMO ESCRITURA?	DOC
DOC	Deuterocanon And The Charge of Errors	OS DEUTEROCANÔNICOS CONTÉM ERROS FACTUAIS, MORAIS E TEOLÓGICOS?	DOC
DOC	Was the Deuterocanon Poorly Written?	OS DEUTEROCANÔNICOS FORAM MAL ESCRITOS	DOC
DOC	Was There A "Great Synagogue" of Ezra?	A "Grande Sinagoga De Esdras BARAITHA BABA BATHRA 14A - 15A”	DOC
DOC	Was There A "Council of Jamnia"?	O ‘CONCÏLIO’ DE JÂMNIA	DOC
DOC	Were There Two Canons: Palestine and Alexandrian?	EXISTIU UM CÂNON ALEXANDRINO?A TEORIA DO CÂNON PALESTINO E ALEXANDRINO	DOC
DOC	Patristic Index - Originally, my book on the canon was going to be a more comprehensive and include an appendix of every early Christian who quoted the Deuterocanon.

A "Grande Sinagoga De Esdras BARAITHA BABA BATHRA 14A - 15A”