Canon of Trent
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Though many canons were formulated as a result of the Council of Trent, the phrase Canon of Trent usually refers to the list of biblical books that were from then on to be considered canonical. This was a decree from the Council's fourth session, of 4 April 1546.
The list confirmed that the deuterocanonical books were on a par with the other books of the canon (against Luther's placement of these books in the Apocrypha of his edition) and coordinated church tradition with the Scriptures as a rule of faith. It also affirmed the Vulgate translation to be authoritative for the text of Scripture, contrary to Protestant views that the Greek text was in fact authoritative.
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[edit] Old Testament
Quoting the decree itself, the OT canon was:
| “ | The five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy); Joshua, Judges, Ruth, four books of Kings [ie both Books of Samuel, both Books of Kings], Books of Chronicles, 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, Isaiah, Jeremiah, with Baruch; Ezekiel, Daniel; the twelve minor prophets (to wit, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonah, Micheas, Nahum, Habakuk, Sophonias, Aggaeus, Zacharias, Malachias; two books of the Machabees, the first and the second). | ” |
[edit] New Testament
Quoting the decree itself, the NT canon was:
| “ | the four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles written by Luke the Evangelist; fourteen epistles of Paul the apostle, (one) to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, (one) to the Galatians, to the Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, (one) to Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews; two of Peter the apostle, three of John the apostle [ 1, 2, 3 ], one of the apostle James, one of Jude the apostle, and the Apocalypse of John the apostle. | ” |
