Why the Book of Revelation has been accepted by the Catholic Church as a canonical document only in 1545?

Question

Why the Book of Revelation has been accepted by the Catholic Church as a canonical document only in 1545? For example, even some priests like Giovanni Crisostomo and Gregorio Nazianzeno, considered the Revelation as being non-canonical, that is apocryphal. Also at the beginning of the Reform (1537) there were some doubts regarding its canonicity; however, from the XVII century, it has been introduced again among the books of the New Testament. For the Catholics the matter of the canonicity has been definitely resolved by the Council of Trento on April 8 th 1545. Retrieved from ( italian): http://www.corsobiblico.it/apocalisse.ht...

Is the church perhaps conscious that the prophecy also predicts its end?
I’m presenting another text that confirms 1545 as the beginning of the Revelation’s canonicity for the Catholic Church, "This is, at least, for the version accepted by the Church. In 1545, the Council of Trento (1545-1563), that had in its intentions the inflexible redefinition of the Catholic exegesis and the ecclesiastical arrangement in opposition to the dangerous spread of the Protestantism in Europe, has definitely classified the "Revelation" among the canonical texts and decreed the above-said interpretation of its genesis as final. However, not all the churches have accepted it and, they still reject it as being a sacred text.

Then, if we go back in time, we can see that the apocalypse has been rejected by numerous priests and men of faith: even Origenes Adamantius, maybe the greatest (dead in 254) also ignored it; San Dionigi of Alexandria (261) raised more than a few objections; in 362, the Laodicea Council doesn't accept the Revelation to be registered in the official Canon of the Church"
Retrieved from (italian): http://www.edicolaweb.net/graal16a.htm

Answer 1

The Catholic Cannon has apocryphal books in it.

The book of Revelation was written by John the Beloved Disciple. Though Jesus loves all His Disciples. Jesus Himself told John to write the words of this vision. When you read it, it writes all are blessed who read this book. At the end those that add to or take away are in big trouble. So Jesus protected Revelation from being altered. The Holy Spirit confirms the authenticy of all books written by John who was inspired by the Word of God and is a true prophet.

Answer 2

A lot of people, scholars, those within the different denoms of Christianity, etc... believe Revelation to be merely a code written to the Jews around 70AD, warning them of the oncoming army of Romans. If you look at the Roman Empire during that time and read revelation, it's easy to see where it fits. One example is where it speaks of 1/3 of the "angels" falling along with the Beast (I could be wrong on the Beast, it could be the False Prophet, Satan, etc...) Rome at that time was the leader of the "World", Conquering 1/3rd of the civilized world and claiming it as it's own. When Rome fell, Everything went with it.

Answer 3

The Book of Revelation has always been part of the deuterocanon of the Bible. The fact that there have been clergymen who disagree, from time to time, does not change the fact that the Book of Revelation has been and always will be part of the Catholic deuterocanon of the Bible.

Answer 4

--Is Catholic--

Then why on earth does the Book of Revelations appear in the offical latin bible (the Vulgate) prior to 1545?

I highly recommend reading the history of the development of the canon of the NT.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03274a.htm

Answer 5

i guess you could say for the same reason people do not accept various boos and cannons as the Catholics do. the same reason why various denominations split from the Rcc to form the various protestant denominations.
i do find it a little odd that it was accepted right before Martin Luther pased.

Answer 6

The Catholic church is a non-Christion cult.

http://www.chick.com/reading/books/160/160cont.asp

Answer 7

I think you missed nicea by about 1200 years.
Backtrack there.