What books were approved at the council of Nicea?

Question

please list your sources

council of trent, do I have the wrong one

Council of Carthage

Answer 1

Well pick up a bible and see which ones they included.

Oh and you probably mean the first council of Nicea - there were two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

Answer 2

None. It was at the African Synod of Hippo, in 393 that approved the NT as it is today. The decision was confirmed by Councils of Carthage in 397 and 419. At the First Council of Nicaea they decided on the dates of Easter, the divinity of Jesus, and created the Nicene Creed.


I did some looking into the Council of Trent. It seems this one was for the Catholic church only. It was convened three times between December 13, 1545 and December 4, 1563 . It was held to 'validate' the church's doctrines and dogmas so that no one could say otherwise without being labeled a heretic.

Answer 3

None.

The First Council of Nicea, held in Nicea in Bithynia (present-day Iznik in Turkey), by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first Ecumenical council of the early Christian Church, and most significantly resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed.

The agenda of the synod were:

The Arian question;
The celebration of Passover;
The Meletian schism;
The Father and Son one in purpose or in person;
The baptism of heretics;
The status of the lapsed in the persecution under Licinius.

The 318 bishops issued a creed (Symbolum), 20 canons, and a letter to the church of Alexandria. An English translation of these is available from http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3801.htm

Information on the council of Trent can be found here:
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent.html

The first collection of New Testament books was made by Marcion (c 150 CE). His "canon" consisted of Gospel of Luke and 10 Paul’s epistles which he referred as Gospel and Apostle. However, he mutilated many of them to suit his belief. He declared that God of Old Testament was different with the One whom Jesus spoke. For this reason he rejected all Old Testament books. He broke away from Rome and established his own church. His counterpart, Valentinus also broke away from Rome and founded a gnostic school. He wrote The Gospel of Truth, which is not a rival gospel but a mediation on the true gospel of Christ. It alludes to Matthew and Luke (and possibly Acts), Gospel and first epistle of John, 10 Paul’s epistles (minus the three Pastorals), Hebrews and Revelation. Both Marcion and Valentinus prompted the Church to define what belonged to written apostolic teaching, thus starting the collection of New Testament books.

Information on the canon of the New Testament is here:
http://mafg.home.isp-direct.com/bible02.htm

Answer 4

None.

The Council at Nicea didn't discuss the question of which books belong in the Bible.

This is another myth from the DaVinci Code book.

By the mid 100's letters were going back and forth describing the books that were accepted as Scripture which were identical to the books in Protestant Bibles today. The same 66 books, in the same sequence.

Pastor Art

Answer 5

I think most of the books of the New Testament were approved then. Also, just for extra info, the Nicene Creed was composed at the Council of Nicea.

Answer 6

All of the books recognized by the Protestants as well as the books (and portions of books) recognized by the Roman Catholics as "Deutero-Canonical" (which the Eastern Orthodox churches have maintained are fully canonical)

Answer 7

Try this web site....it may give you some answers. Very good on apologetics....http://www.carm.org/

CARM=Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry

Answer 8

Whatever books they felt like approving, which is the really scary part when you think about it.

Answer 9

Nice ones!