A [[Catholic Bible]] differs in the number, order, and occasionally preferred emphasis than books typically found in Bibles used by [[Protestant]]s. The [[Catholic Church]] declares: "Easy access to Sacred Scripture should be provided for all the Christian faithful. That is why the Church from the very beginning accepted as her own that very ancient [[Koine Greek|Greek]] translation of the [[Old Testament]] which is called the [[septuagint]]; and she has always given a place of honor to other Eastern translations and Latin ones especially the Latin translation known as the [[vulgateVulgate]]."<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html | title = Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, ''Dei verbum'' |accessdate = 2015-01-21 | publisher = Vatican | ___location = Vatican}}</ref> Not all the books in the Septuagint<ref>The Oxford University Press publication, {{cite book|last1=Pietersma|first1=Albert|last2=Wright|first2=Benjamin G.|title=A New English Translation of the Septuagint|date=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199743971|pages=v–vi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17CBLsFpnsgC&pg=PR5&dq=Pietersma+Septuagint+Contents&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-aLAVJDuIo7U7AbnkICwCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Pietersma%20Septuagint%20Contents&f=false|accessdate=22 January 2015}}, lists in its table of contents the books included in the Septuagint</ref> are included among those that the Catholic Church considers to be part of the Old Testament.<ref>Examples of Septuagint books not granted canonical status by the Catholic Church are [[Esdras|3 and 4 Esdras]], [[3 Maccabees]] and [[4 Maccabees]].</ref> On the other hand, the early Eastern translation known as the [[Peshitta]] excluded five [[New Testament]] books that the Catholic Church declares to be canonical. Translations used by Protestants typically use the shorter [[Masoretic Text]] as their basis regarding the Old Testament. The [[Luther Bible]] included what he called the [[Apocrypha]] and changed the traditional order of some of the New Testament books.
Some minor changes were made to New Testament texts where variant readings aligned better with Catholic understanding and tradition. An appendix to the RSV Catholic Edition documented its departures from the 1962 RSV New Testament. Some of the more important changes were:
