Which council canonized the modern Bible?

Question

I've tried looking it up but I can't seem to find it. I thought it was the first Council of Niceae. Another person's question has stated that someone proved to her that the Revelation of John was written in the 14th century which I know is absolutely incorrect because it was canonized before then.

Answer 1

The canon of the Old Testament that Catholics use is based on the text used by Alexandrian Jews, a version known as the "Septuagint" (also called "LXX" or "The Seventy") and which came into being around 280 B.C. as a translation of then existing texts from Hebrew into Greek by 72 Jewish scribes (the Torah was translated first, around 300 B.C., and the rest of Tanach was translated afterward).


The deuterocanonical books were, though, debated in the early Church, and some Fathers accorded them higher status than others (hence the Catholic term for them: "deuterocanonical," or what St. Cyril of Jerusalem called "secondary rank," as opposed to the other books which are called "protocanonical"). But all the Fathers believed as did St. Athanasius, who, in one of his many Easter letters, names the 22 Books all Christians accept and then describes the deuterocanonicals as "appointed by the Fathers to be read by those who newly join us, and who wish for instruction in the word of godliness." Church Councils listed and affirmed the present Catholic canon, which was only formally closed at the Council of Trent in the 16th century




The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in "66 books" is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16). It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed. In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of "Sacred Scripture" aside from the Old Testament; there was no "New Testament"; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters.




Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition or the Church’s magisterium (teaching authority) to help one understand it. In the Protestant view, the whole of Christian truth is found within the Bible’s pages. Anything extraneous to the Bible is simply non-authoritative, unnecessary, or wrong—and may well hinder one in coming to God.

Catholics, on the other hand, recognize that the Bible does not endorse this view and that, in fact, it is repudiated in Scripture. The true "rule of faith"—as expressed in the Bible itself—is Scripture plus apostolic tradition, as manifested in the living teaching authority of the Catholic Church, to which were entrusted the oral teachings of Jesus and the apostles, along with the authority to interpret Scripture correctly

Answer 2

Revelation wasn't written in the 14th Century. So the source of your confusion is flawed.

In the mid 130s (about 132-135 AD), Justin Martyr mentioned the book of Revelation.

Irenaeus (in about 180 AD) said the book was written during the reign of Domition.

There are several others, but the point remains. Why in the world would people in the 2nd Century talk about a book that was written in the 14th Century? It makes absolutely no sense.

Matt

Answer 3

Canonization is the act by which a Christian Church declares a deceased person to be a saint, inscribing that person in the canon, or list, of recognized saints. I don't know canonization of the modern Bible is something that I would put much time in. I think that Bible is the inspired word of God and canonization of something here on earth is of man as in the statement that I put in in the beginning. Since the Bible is the inspired word of God I believe that God Canonized the Bible from the beginning. It just took humans time to put it all together.

Answer 4

Bible was corrected from appearing errors and information in 14th century but these books were present before this. That is why we call King James version as most authentic because it was written after taking consideration of all differing scripts to one unity.

Answer 5

Nicea, 4th century AD

Answer 6

Why believe on hearsay statement. Believe on wht you know not from the words of another person.
jtm