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| − | '''Biblical canon''' refers to the concept of an officially recognized list of books which are considered part of the Bible. The first Christians used the | + | '''Biblical canon''' refers to the concept of an officially recognized list of books which are considered part of the Bible. The first Christians used the Greek translation known as the [[Septuagint]]. In the [[Council of Jamnia]] of 90 A.D. Jewish rabbis rejected the Septuagint in favor of what is known as the Masoretic text, which omitted certain books such as [[Baruch]], [[Judith]], [[Maccabees]], [[Sirach]], and [[Tobit]]. The Eastern Christian churches continue to use the Greek Septuagint today, but the Western Church commissioned a Latin translation from [[Jerome]] in the early [[5th Century]] which came to be known as the [[Vulgate]]. It remains the official Roman Catholic bible. Beginning in 390 A.D. Christian councils began settling local disputes about the canon, but the issue was not settled definitively for Catholics until 1546 at the Council of Trent, in reaction to the Reformation's rejection of the deuterocanonical works as apocryphal. The 1611 [[King James Bible]] included these books but placed them in a separate section, and the Church of England continued to use the deuterocanonicals in the liturgy until forbidden by the [[Long Parliament]] in 1644. By the 1800's Protestant bibles began to omit the deuterocanonical books altogether, but Catholics today often face unfounded charges of having deleted books from the Old Testament. |
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| + | Orthodox Christians do not usually speak of "the Canon of Scripture" but do think of writings as "canonical" the difference being that the canonical writing are judged as being faithful to the dogma of the Church. The Orthodox Church has never defined the Old Testament Canon. | ||
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Revision as of 18:32, September 26, 2007
Biblical canon refers to the concept of an officially recognized list of books which are considered part of the Bible. The first Christians used the Greek translation known as the Septuagint. In the Council of Jamnia of 90 A.D. Jewish rabbis rejected the Septuagint in favor of what is known as the Masoretic text, which omitted certain books such as Baruch, Judith, Maccabees, Sirach, and Tobit. The Eastern Christian churches continue to use the Greek Septuagint today, but the Western Church commissioned a Latin translation from Jerome in the early 5th Century which came to be known as the Vulgate. It remains the official Roman Catholic bible. Beginning in 390 A.D. Christian councils began settling local disputes about the canon, but the issue was not settled definitively for Catholics until 1546 at the Council of Trent, in reaction to the Reformation's rejection of the deuterocanonical works as apocryphal. The 1611 King James Bible included these books but placed them in a separate section, and the Church of England continued to use the deuterocanonicals in the liturgy until forbidden by the Long Parliament in 1644. By the 1800's Protestant bibles began to omit the deuterocanonical books altogether, but Catholics today often face unfounded charges of having deleted books from the Old Testament.
Orthodox Christians do not usually speak of "the Canon of Scripture" but do think of writings as "canonical" the difference being that the canonical writing are judged as being faithful to the dogma of the Church. The Orthodox Church has never defined the Old Testament Canon.