RELIGION: LIST OF REJECTED SCRIPTURES

Have you ever wondered who wrote the Bible, who compiled it and are there forgotten or abandoned books not compiled into the popular Bible? Well, the Christian Bible was compiled by the Roman Catholic Church and in the process, many books were rejected as they were considered not qualified to be among the scriptures. The protestants also came in and dropped some of the books previously approved by the Roman Catholic. For whatever reason(s), this is a list of some of the books rejected by the Roman Catholic:

OLD TESTAMENT

• Prayer of Manasseh
• 1 Esdras (3 Ezra)
• 2 Esdras 3–14 (4 Ezra)
• 2 Esdras 1–2; 15–16 (5 and 6 Ezra)
• Additions to Esther (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Tobit (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Judith (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• 1 Maccabees (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)   
• 2 Maccabees (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• 3 Maccabees
• 4 Maccabees
• Jubilees    
• Enoch    
• 1 Meqabyan    
• 2 and 3 Meqabyan
• Ethiopic Pseudo-Josephus
• Josephus's Jewish War VI
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• Joseph and Asenath    
• Psalm 151
• Psalms 152–155
• Psalms of Solomon
• Book of Wisdom (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Sirach (1–51) (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Prayer of Solomon (Sirach 52)
• Ascension of Isaiah
• Ethiopic Lamentations (7:1–11,63)
• Baruch     (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Letter of Jeremiah (chapter 6 of Baruch) (Accepted by the Catholics but rejected by Protestants)
• Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (2 Baruch 1–77)
• Letter of Baruch (2 Baruch 78–87)
• Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch)
• 4 Baruch    
• Additions to Daniel

NEW TESTAMENT

• Acts of Paul and Thecla
• Pauline epistles
• Corinthians to Paul and
• 3 Corinthians
• Laodiceans    
• 1 Clement]    
• 2 Clement   
• Shepherd of Hermas   
• Epistle of Barnabas
• Didache
• Ser`atä Seyon
• Te'ezaz
• Gessew
• Abtelis
• Book of the Covenant 1
• Book of the Covenant 2
• Ethiopic Clement
• Ethiopic Didescalia