On which OT books do Church Councils, Fathers, and Apocrypha agree or disagree?

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Historically, we know very little of how the Old Testament Bible was compiled and the 'canon' put together.

The Christian Bible includes both Old and New Testament books which are regarded as divinely inspired.

The exact details as to the final completion of the Old Testament canon are not known. However, we do know the Church councils and Church fathers differed over which books were authentic enough to qualify for inclusion into the Christian Bible canon.

After much debate, the Christian Bible canon, including select Old Testament books was officially announced in 397 AD at the Council of Carthage (Tunisia); 367 years after Jesus' crucifixion.
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APOCRYPHA BIBLE CANON
  Protestant
c. 1546 AD 		Catholic
c. 397 AD 		Eastern
Greek Orth.
c. 385 AD 		Slavonic
c. 864 AD 		Georgian
c. 570 AD 		Ethiopian
c. 419 AD
Apocrypha are texts written of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The term 'Apocrypha' commonly appears in Christian religious contexts concerning disagreements about biblical canonicity.
Tobit
Judith
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch
Esther (additions)
Daniel (additions)
3 Maccabees
1 Esdras
Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
2 Esdras
4 Maccabees
Jubilees
Enoch
4 Baruch
Total OT Books
39
46
50
50
51
46
OLD TESTAMENT CHURCH FATHER
Athanasius
296-373 AD 		Gregory
329-390 AD 		Amphilochius
339-403 AD
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
1 Ezra
2 Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther •
Judith • •
Tobit • •
1 Meqa • • •
2 Meqa • • •
3 Mega • • •
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom • •
Sirach • •
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch • •
Lamentations • •
Epistle Jer. • •
Ezekiel
Daniel
Total OT Books
45
37
38
OLD TESTAMENT CHURCH COUNCIL
Apostolic Canon
c. 400 AD 		Council Laodicea
c. 364 AD 		Council Carthage
c. 397 AD
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
1 Ezra
2 Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Judith • •
Tobit • •
1 Meqa •
2 Meqa •
3 Mega • •
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom • •
Sirach • •
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch • •
Lamentations • •
Epistle Jer. • •
Ezekiel
Daniel
Total OT Books
42
41
43
TABLE KEY
Symbol Opinion of Authority
True; accepted scriptural; or quoted from very approvingly
Possible; approving quotation or allusion
Acceptable but only with changes
Disputed; dubious; or useful for inspiration/spurious (Eusebius)
False; heretical; heterodox; quoted from very disapprovingly
• No Mention; not mentioned or quoted from; opinion unknown


CREDIT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Trent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councils_of_Carthage
https://bible.org/seriespage/5-transmission
http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/G/georgian-version.html
https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/canon-old-testament
https://pomog.org/bible-church-slavonic
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Canon/canonages.html
http://www.academia.edu/6182651/The_Vision_of_the_Old_Testament_Canon_in_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church
The Old Testament Canon - Religion Free Pills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPqV6X0yL0 (7:30)
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