Surviving manuscripts of the whole Christian [[Bible]] include at least some of the ''Apocrypha'' as well as [[Deuterocanonical books|disputed books]]. After the Protestant and Catholic canons were defined by [[Martin Luther|Luther]] and [[Council of Trent|Trent]] respectively, early Protestant and Catholic editions of the Bible did not omit these books, but placed them in a separate ''Apocrypha'' section apart from the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament|New]] Testaments to indicate their status. | Surviving manuscripts of the whole Christian [[Bible]] include at least some of the ''Apocrypha'' as well as [[Deuterocanonical books|disputed books]]. After the Protestant and Catholic canons were defined by [[Martin Luther|Luther]] and [[Council of Trent|Trent]] respectively, early Protestant and Catholic editions of the Bible did not omit these books, but placed them in a separate ''Apocrypha'' section apart from the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament|New]] Testaments to indicate their status. |