Bible OT Canons - Church Fathers, Councils & Apocrypha

Historically, we know very little of how the Old Testament Bible was compiled and the 'canon' put together.

The Christian Bible includes both Old and New Testament books which are regarded as divinely inspired.

The exact details as to the final completion of the Old Testament canon are not known. However, we do know the Church councils and Church fathers differed over which books were authentic enough to qualify for inclusion into the Christian Bible canon.

After much debate, the Christian Bible canon, including select Old Testament books was officially announced in 397 AD at the Council of Carthage (Tunisia); 367 years after Jesus' crucifixion.

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APOCRYPHA	BIBLE CANON
	Protestant c. 1546 AD W Canons..	Catholic c. 397 AD W Counci..	Eastern Greek Orth. c. 385 AD W Counci..	Slavonic c. 864 AD W Canons..	Georgian c. 570 AD W Counci..	Ethiopian c. 419 AD W Counci..
Apocrypha are texts written of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The term 'Apocrypha' commonly appears in Christian religious contexts concerning disagreements about biblical canonicity. W Apocrypha
Tobit
Judith
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch
Esther (additions)
Daniel (additions)
3 Maccabees
1 Esdras
Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
2 Esdras
4 Maccabees
Jubilees
Enoch
4 Baruch
Total OT Books	39	46	50	50	51	46

OLD TESTAMENT	CHURCH FATHER
	Athanasius 296-373 AD W Athanasius..	Gregory 329-390 AD W Gregory_of..	Amphilochius 339-403 AD W Amphilochi..
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
1 Ezra
2 Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther		•
Judith		•	•
Tobit		•	•
1 Meqa	•	•	•
2 Meqa	•	•	•
3 Mega	•	•	•
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom		•	•
Sirach		•	•
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch		•	•
Lamentations		•	•
Epistle Jer.		•	•
Ezekiel
Daniel
Total OT Books	45	37	38

OLD TESTAMENT	CHURCH COUNCIL
	Apostolic Canon c. 400 AD W Canons_of_..	Council Laodicea c. 364 AD W Council_of..	Council Carthage c. 397 AD W Councils_o..
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
1 Ezra
2 Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Judith	•	•
Tobit	•	•
1 Meqa		•
2 Meqa		•
3 Mega		•	•
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom	•	•
Sirach		•	•
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch	•		•
Lamentations	•		•
Epistle Jer.	•		•
Ezekiel
Daniel
Total OT Books	42	41	43

TABLE KEY

Symbol	Opinion of Authority
	True; accepted scriptural; or quoted from very approvingly
	Possible; approving quotation or allusion
	Acceptable but only with changes
	Disputed; dubious; or useful for inspiration/spurious (Eusebius)
	False; heretical; heterodox; quoted from very disapprovingly
•	No Mention; not mentioned or quoted from; opinion unknown

CREDIT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Trent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councils_of_Carthage
https://bible.org/seriespage/5-transmission
http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/G/georgian-version.html
https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/canon-old-testament
https://pomog.org/bible-church-slavonic
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Canon/canonages.html
http://www.academia.edu/6182651/The_Vision_of_the_Old_Testament_Canon_in_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church
The Old Testament Canon - Religion Free Pills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPqV6X0yL0 (7:30)

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Bible OT Canons - Church Fathers, Councils & Apocrypha

Historically, we know very little of how the Old Testament Bible was compiled and the 'canon' put together.

Total OT Books

39

46

50

50

51

46

Total OT Books

45

37

38

Total OT Books

42

41

43

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