Canon of Trent
The Canon of Trent is the list of books officially considered
The list confirmed that the
List
Old Testament
Of the Old Testament: the five books of Moses, to wit, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Josue, Judges, Ruth, four books of Kings, two of Paralipomenon, the first book of Esdras, and the second which is entitled Nehemias; Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, the Davidical Psalter, consisting of a hundred and fifty psalms; the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Canticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaias, Jeremias, with Baruch; Ezechiel, Daniel; the twelve minor prophets, to wit, Osee, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggaeus, Zacharias, Malachias; two books of the Machabees, the first and the second.[5]
New Testament
Of the New Testament: the four Gospels, according to
References
- ^ Ed. and trans. by Waterworth, J. "The Council of Trent" (PDF). p. 19}. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
But if any one receive not, as sacred and canonical, the said books entire with all their parts, as they have been used to be read in the Catholic Church, and as they are contained in the old Latin vulgate edition; and knowingly and deliberately contemn the traditions aforesaid; let him be anathema.
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Finally on 8 April 1546, by a vote of 24 to 15, with 16 abstentions, the Council issued a decree (De Canonicis Scripturis) in which, for the first time in the history of the Church, the question of the contents of the Bible was made an absolute article of faith and confirmed by an anathema
- ^ "Council of Basel 1431-45 A". Papalencyclicals.net. 14 December 1431. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Philip Schaff, "Chapter IX. Theological Controversies, and Development of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy", History of the Christian Church, CCEL
- ^ a b "Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent". Bible-researcher.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
External links
- The full text of Decree concerning the Canonical Scriptures at Wikisource