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Line 27: + + − * Epistle to Diognetus − * Fragments of [[Papias]] <ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html ICLnet Internet Christian Library. Guide to Early Church Documents] (iclnet.org)<br/>[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/churchfathers.html Early Christian Writings. Church Fathers] (earlychristianwritings.com)<br/>[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/tixeront/section1-1.html A Handbook of Patrology by J. Tizeront] (earlychristianwritings.com/tixeront)<br/>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Apostolic Fathers] (newadvent.org)</ref>
→Historical development: dates for Epistle to Diognetus, dates for Fragments of Papias, rearranged chronologically
* Epistle of Barnabas (c. 130)
* Epistle of Barnabas (c. 130)
* Didache (''The Teaching of the Twelve'') (c. 100–150)
* Didache (''The Teaching of the Twelve'') (c. 100–150)
* Fragments of [[Papias]] (c. 110-140) <ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html ICLnet Internet Christian Library. Guide to Early Church Documents] (iclnet.org)<br/>[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/churchfathers.html Early Christian Writings. Church Fathers] (earlychristianwritings.com)<br/>[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/tixeront/section1-1.html A Handbook of Patrology by J. Tizeront] (earlychristianwritings.com/tixeront)<br/>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01637a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Apostolic Fathers] (newadvent.org)</ref>
* Epistle to Diognetus (c. 130-200) <ref>[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/diognetus.html Early Christian Writings. Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus. Estimated Range of Dating: 130-200 A.D.] (earlychristianwritings.com)</ref>
* 2 Clement (c. 150)
* 2 Clement (c. 150)
* The Martyrdom of Polycarp (c. 150)
* The Martyrdom of Polycarp (c. 150)
* The [[Shepherd of Hermas]]: Visions, Similitudes and Mandates (150)
* The [[Shepherd of Hermas]]: Visions, Similitudes and Mandates (150)
When [[Constantine]] first made Christianity a legal religion in the [[Roman Empire]] in the early 300s, he called together leading Christians from the East and West parts of the empire to iron out the principles of Christianity, including cementing the canon. The entire canonical text was identified by Pope Damasus and the Synod of Rome (382). Subsequent councils such as the Council of Hippo (393) and the Third Council of Carthage (397), dealt with minor questions of authenticity, and set forth the first-ever listing of all 27 books of the New Testament, and 46 books of the Old Testament, a canon of 73 books of the Bible, which quickly gained acceptance and remained unchanged for 1200 years. Still, 7 books of the Old Testament (and parts of 2 other books) and 7 books of the New Testament, 14 total, while accepted by the majority of Christian scholars and church leaders as part of the Biblical canon, continued to be debated by a minority of independent scholars, from the 4th through the 16th centuries, many of them quoting from the disputed books as if they were authoritative scripture.<ref>[http://www.christiantruth.com/articles/Apocrypha3.html The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha. Part 3: From Jerome to the Reformation, William Webster.] This article provides extensive translations of the writings of many of the major Western theologians from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries on their view of the Canon for the first time in English.<br/>See also [http://www.bible-researcher.com/jerome.html Jerome on the Canon] (bible-researcher.com)</ref> Since the 16th century these 14 books have been designated ''deuterocanonical'', as distinct from the ''protocanonical'' books universally accepted without debate from the 1st century of the church. The deuterocanonical Old Testament scriptural texts are:
When [[Constantine]] first made Christianity a legal religion in the [[Roman Empire]] in the early 300s, he called together leading Christians from the East and West parts of the empire to iron out the principles of Christianity, including cementing the canon. The entire canonical text was identified by Pope Damasus and the Synod of Rome (382). Subsequent councils such as the Council of Hippo (393) and the Third Council of Carthage (397), dealt with minor questions of authenticity, and set forth the first-ever listing of all 27 books of the New Testament, and 46 books of the Old Testament, a canon of 73 books of the Bible, which quickly gained acceptance and remained unchanged for 1200 years. Still, 7 books of the Old Testament (and parts of 2 other books) and 7 books of the New Testament, 14 total, while accepted by the majority of Christian scholars and church leaders as part of the Biblical canon, continued to be debated by a minority of independent scholars, from the 4th through the 16th centuries, many of them quoting from the disputed books as if they were authoritative scripture.<ref>[http://www.christiantruth.com/articles/Apocrypha3.html The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha. Part 3: From Jerome to the Reformation, William Webster.] This article provides extensive translations of the writings of many of the major Western theologians from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries on their view of the Canon for the first time in English.<br/>See also [http://www.bible-researcher.com/jerome.html Jerome on the Canon] (bible-researcher.com)</ref> Since the 16th century these 14 books have been designated ''deuterocanonical'', as distinct from the ''protocanonical'' books universally accepted without debate from the 1st century of the church. The deuterocanonical Old Testament scriptural texts are: