The Original Douay-Rheims in Numbers
The 76 books include 73 of the Catholic canon and three further texts present in the Vulgate appendix: 3 Esdras, 4 Esdras, and the Prayer of Manasses. The 84 book arguments exceed 76 because several books carry more than one prefatory section, a general introduction and separate arguments for distinct parts.
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