The Catholic OT Canon includes - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, I and II Maccabees - plus sections of Esther and Daniel which are absent from the Protestant OT. Protestant Christians do ...

A post shared on X claims that no Christian considered the deuterocanonical books scripture until the Council of Trent. Verdict: False These writings were considered scripture by several Christians ...

One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord,’ says Sirach 17:22, ‘and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.’ ...

Silence is a true test of human character; according to the book of Sirach 27:4-7 “When a sieve is shaken, the refuse re­mains; so a man’s filth remains in his thoughts.” No one knows how ...