{"id":114354,"date":"2026-11-07T08:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114354"},"modified":"2026-11-07T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:36:43","slug":"how-many-books-are-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/how-many-books-are-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantos livros tem a B\u00edblia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A Protestant Bible has 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New. A Catholic Bible has 73, because its Old Testament holds 46. The Jewish Bible counts the same Old Testament as Protestants do but binds it as 24 books, and the Orthodox and Ethiopian churches read larger Bibles still. The Ethiopian church gives its Bible as 81 books. Every Christian Bible agrees on the New Testament&#039;s 27 books, from Matthew to Revelation. The differences sit\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Protestant Bible has 66 books, a Catholic Bible 73, the Hebrew Bible 24 and the Ethiopian Bible 81. Here is how each church counts them, and why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-114354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54779,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/original-bible-existence\/","url_meta":{"origin":114354,"position":0},"title":"Does the Original Bible Still Exist? No, Only Copies Survive","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Janeiro 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"No original manuscript of any book of the Bible survives. 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