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For list of popes see Papacy/Timelines.

Catholic Bible

Books of the scriptures as listed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (official English translation, paragraph 120).

• The Old Testament: 46 books (45 if Jeremiah and Lamentations are counted as 1)
  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Ruth
  • 1 and 2 Samuel
  • 1 and 2 Kings
  • 1 and 2 Chronicles
  • Ezra and Nehemiah
  • Tobit
  • Judith
  • Esther
  • 1 and 2 Maccabees
  • Job
  • Psalms
  • Proverbs
  • Ecclesiastes
  • the Song of Songs
  • the Wisdom of Solomon
  • Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • Baruch
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obaiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • and Malachi
• The New Testament: 27 books
  • the Gospels according to
    • Matthew
    • Mark
    • Luke
    • and John
  • the Acts of the Apostles
  • the Letters of St Paul to
    • the Romans
    • 1 and 2 Corinthians
    • Galatians
    • Ephesians
    • Philippians
    • Colossians
    • 1 and 2 Thessalonians
    • 1 and 2 Timothy
    • Titus
    • Philemon
  • the Letter to the Hebrews
  • the Letters of
    • James
    • 1 and 2 Peter
    • 1, 2 and 3 John
    • and Jude
  • and Revelation (the Apocalypse)

For comparison of different Bibles see Books of the Bible.

Ecumenical councils

The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 21 ecumenical councils. The Eastern Orthodox Church recognizes only the first 7, the Anglican Communion only the first 6, the Oriental Orthodox Church only the first 3, and the Church of the East only the first 2.

1. 1st Nicaea (now in Turkey) 325
2. 1st Constantinople 381
3. Ephesus 431
4. Chalcedon (now in Turkey) 451
5. 2nd Constantinople 553
6. 3rd Constantinople 680/1 (the Eastern Orthodox Church regards the Quinisext Council of Trullo in 692 as a continuation of this council)
7. 2nd Nicaea 787
8. 4th Constantinople 869/70
9. 1st Lateran (in Rome) 1123
10. 2nd Lateran 1139
11. 3rd Lateran 1179
12. 4th Lateran 1215
13. 1st Lyons 1245
14. 2nd Lyons 1274
15. Vienne (France) 1311/12
16. Constance 1414-18
17. Basel/Ferrara/Florence/Rome 1431-45 (when the Pope moved the council from Basel to Ferrara, a rebel group stayed at Basel; this continuation is not reognized)
18. 5th Lateran 1512-17
19. Trent (Italy) 1545-63
20. 1st Vatican 1869/70
21. 2nd Vatican 1962-5