I recently learned that the 1611 KJV contained the Apocrypha between the Old and New Testaments but those books were gradually dropped for various reasons over the subsequent centuries.
1611 KJV vs Today
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Correct, most Bibles did.
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I don't know why but I had assumed Luther removed the Apocrypha and established the 66 books as part of his reformation. Apparently that's not the case.
and I assumed that the Apocrypha was simply a Catholic thing in their Catholic Bibles.
Luther did not remove the book. He seemly moved the book placing them between the Old and New Testaments.
Several English translations included the Apocrypha: the Coverdale Bible (1535), the Matthew's Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Taverner's Bible (1539), and the Geneva Bible (1560).