What are the Additions to Daniel?
Q: What are the Additions to Daniel?
A: The Additions to Daniel are three chapters that have been held by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches since the council of Rome (380).
Q: Why were the Additions to Daniel removed from most Christian Bibles?
A: The Additions to Daniel were removed in most Christian Bibles since Martin Luther's decision to include them in his bible as "Apocrypha" due to the supposed contradiction of the Hebrew Old Testament (the Apostles and Early Church onward using the Septuagint).
Q: How are the Additions to Daniel viewed by most Protestant churches?
A: Most Protestant Bibles do not have these chapters because most Protestant churches believe these chapters are apocryphal.
Q: Are the Additions to Daniel found in the Hebrew or Aramaic text of Daniel?
A: The Additions to Daniel are not found in the Hebrew or Aramaic text of Daniel.
Q: Which manuscripts contain the stories of the Additions to Daniel?
A: These stories are in the Greek Septuagint and a translation by the writer Theodotion.
Q: Why do most Protestant Bibles not include the Additions to Daniel?
A: Most Protestant Bibles use only the text in the Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, so they do not have these chapters.
Q: How are the Additions to Daniel described in the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England?
A: The chapters are listed in Article VI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England as good but not sacred reading.
