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Third Council of Carthage (397) (view source)
Revision as of 18:27, December 12, 2014
, 18:27, December 12, 2014new article: corr error re assignation of this historical fact to 4th Council of Chalcedon, confusing "Chalcedon" with "Carthage"
The Third Council of [[Carthage]] was a gathering ([[synod]]) of the catholic bishops of North Africa A.D. 397 to consider controversial problems of doctrine and discipline facing the [[Christianity#Early Church Community and Commitment: the Post-Biblical Period|Church]].
In response to controversy and debate regarding which books are Scripture, this Council set forth the first listing of all of the 27 books of the [[New Testament]] [[canon]] together with 46 books of the [[Septuagint|Old testament]]: 73 books of the Bible. This was possibly an affirmation of the biblical canon originally set forth by an earlier [[Council of Hippo A.D. 393]] under [[St. Athanasius]]. It was affirmed again by several councils of the Church in the following centuries. This is the canon finally defined as [[dogma]] by the [[Council of Trent]] (1545-1563), which put an end to all debate in the Catholic Church regarding the canonical status of individual books and parts of books of the Bible.
The catholic bishops in the east were not confronted with the heresy of [[Marcion|Marcionism]] and the necessity of recognizing and defining the canon of sacred scripture. The Orthodox Church has never defined the Old Testament canon, but they have been using the same one since the early times of the Church, beginning with the apostles in the 1st century. [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]] do not usually speak of "the canon of Scripture" but do think of the writings as "canonical", the difference being that the canonical writings are those traditionally judged as being faithful to the dogma of the Church and the Gospel of Christ.
See [[Biblical canon]]
== External links ==
[http://www.theopedia.com/Marcionism Theopedia: Marcionism]
[http://www.bible-researcher.com/carthage.html Third Council of Carthage (397)] (bible-researcher.com)
[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: African Synods]
See the following five sources:
*[http://www.scripturecatholic.com/septuagint.html Septuagint Quotes in the New Testament]
*[http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint.html The Septuagint (LXX): History of the Septuagint]
*[http://www.cresourcei.org/canonot.html Canons of the Hebrew Bible]
*[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/ Official King James Bible online: Apocrypha Books]
*[http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/ocrc/2009/06/the-orthodox-bible/ Why Luther and the Protestant Reformers Removed Books From the Bible] —''when the page comes up with photo-image of Orthodox Study Bible, scroll down to the essay immediately below it.''.
[[category: councils]]
In response to controversy and debate regarding which books are Scripture, this Council set forth the first listing of all of the 27 books of the [[New Testament]] [[canon]] together with 46 books of the [[Septuagint|Old testament]]: 73 books of the Bible. This was possibly an affirmation of the biblical canon originally set forth by an earlier [[Council of Hippo A.D. 393]] under [[St. Athanasius]]. It was affirmed again by several councils of the Church in the following centuries. This is the canon finally defined as [[dogma]] by the [[Council of Trent]] (1545-1563), which put an end to all debate in the Catholic Church regarding the canonical status of individual books and parts of books of the Bible.
The catholic bishops in the east were not confronted with the heresy of [[Marcion|Marcionism]] and the necessity of recognizing and defining the canon of sacred scripture. The Orthodox Church has never defined the Old Testament canon, but they have been using the same one since the early times of the Church, beginning with the apostles in the 1st century. [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]] do not usually speak of "the canon of Scripture" but do think of the writings as "canonical", the difference being that the canonical writings are those traditionally judged as being faithful to the dogma of the Church and the Gospel of Christ.
See [[Biblical canon]]
== External links ==
[http://www.theopedia.com/Marcionism Theopedia: Marcionism]
[http://www.bible-researcher.com/carthage.html Third Council of Carthage (397)] (bible-researcher.com)
[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01199a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: African Synods]
See the following five sources:
*[http://www.scripturecatholic.com/septuagint.html Septuagint Quotes in the New Testament]
*[http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/septuagint.html The Septuagint (LXX): History of the Septuagint]
*[http://www.cresourcei.org/canonot.html Canons of the Hebrew Bible]
*[http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/ Official King James Bible online: Apocrypha Books]
*[http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/ocrc/2009/06/the-orthodox-bible/ Why Luther and the Protestant Reformers Removed Books From the Bible] —''when the page comes up with photo-image of Orthodox Study Bible, scroll down to the essay immediately below it.''.
[[category: councils]]