Every denomination has a different Bible, with different books they consider Canon. For instance, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church has a staggering 81 books. They consider the book of Enoch canon, which almost every other denomination considers apocryphal. Interestingly, the book of Enoch corroborates a lot of information from other apocryphal texts, such as the origin of nephilim.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Even “the bible” isn’t “the bible”.
“Protestant Bibles have only 39 books in the Old Testament, however, while Catholic Bibles have 46.” source
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Neither of these mention St Peter at the pearly gates, though. The biggest addition the Apocrypha makes is a record of someone praying for the dead. Protestants generally still do recognise the Apocrypha, but just as historical records and not authoritative, hence not a part of the Bible.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In Matthew 16 Jesus gives Peter the “keys to the kingdom” and in Revelation the new Jerusalem has pearls for gates. That’s where it comes from.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
The pearly gates are biblical. I think the keys are taken a bit literally. But that’s interesting to think about, actually