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===Synods=== In later copyings of the canons of the [[Council of Laodicea]] (from 364 AD) a canon list became appended to Canon 59, likely before the mid fifth century, which affirmed that Jeremiah, and Baruch, the Lamentations, and the Epistle (of Jeremiah) were canonical, while excluding the other deuterocanonical books.<ref name="Synod of Laodicea Canon 60" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gallagher|first1=Edmon L.|author-link1=Edmon L. Gallagher|last2=Meade|first2=John.D.|title=The Biblical Canon Lists of Early Christianity|publisher=OUP|date=2017|pages=131}}</ref> According to [[Decretum Gelasianum]], which is a work written by an anonymous scholar between 519 and 553, the [[Council of Rome]] (382 AD) cites a list of books of scripture presented as having been made canonical. This list mentions all the deuterocanonical books as a part of the Old Testament canon: {{blockquote|Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Kings IV books [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings], Chronicles II books, [[Psalms|150 Psalms]], three books of Solomon [Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs], Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaiah, Jeremiah with Cinoth i.e. his [[Book of Lamentations|lamentations]], Ezechiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habbakuk Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Job, Tobit, Esdras II books [Ezra, Nehemiah], Ester, Judith, Maccabees II books.<ref name="tertullian.org"/>}} (According to the [[Council of Laodicea]],<ref name="Synod of Laodicea Canon 60">{{cite book|title=Synod of Laodicea Canon 60|publisher=newadvent|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3806.htm|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]],<ref name="Athanas of Alexandria">{{cite book|author=Athanas of Alexandria|title=Church Fathers: Letter 39 (Athanasius)|publisher=newadvent |url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806039.htm|access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref> [[Cyril of Jerusalem]],<ref name="Cyril of Jerusalem">{{cite book|author=Cyril of Jerusalem|title=Catechetical Lecture 4 Chapter 35|publisher=newadvent|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310104.htm|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> and [[Epiphanius of Salamis]],<ref name="E.J. Brill">{{cite book|translator-last=Williams|translator-first=Frank|title=The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis 8:6:1-3|date=1987|publisher=E.J. Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9004079262|edition=2. impression.|url=http://www.masseiana.org/panarion_bk1.htm|access-date=11 October 2016|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041916/http://www.masseiana.org/panarion_bk1.htm|archive-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> the Book of Jeremiah forms a single book together with Baruch, Lamentations and the Letter of Jeremiah, also called the Epistle of Jeremiah.) The [[Synod of Hippo]] (in 393 AD), followed by the [[Council of Carthage (397)]] and the [[Council of Carthage (419)]], may be the first councils that explicitly accepted the first canon which includes a selection of books that did not appear in the [[Hebrew Bible]];<ref name=":1">McDonald & Sanders, editors of ''The Canon Debate'', 2002, chapter 5: ''The Septuagint: The Bible of Hellenistic Judaism'' by Albert C. Sundberg Jr., p. 72, Appendix D-2, note 19.</ref> the councils were under significant influence of [[Augustine of Hippo]], who regarded the canon as already closed.<ref name=":2">Everett Ferguson, "Factors leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon," in ''The Canon Debate''. eds. L. M. McDonald & J. A. Sanders (Hendrickson, 2002) p. 320.</ref><ref name=":3">F. F. Bruce (1988), ''The Canon of Scripture''. Intervarsity Press, p. 230.</ref><ref name=":4">Augustine, ''De Civitate Dei'' 22.8</ref> Canon XXIV from the Synod of Hippo (in 393 AD) records the scriptures which are considered canonical; the Old Testament books as follows: {{blockquote|Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; Joshua the Son of Nun; The Judges; Ruth; The Kings, iv. books [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings]; The Chronicles, ii. books; Job; The Psalter; The Five books of Solomon [Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus]; The Twelve Books of the Prophets [Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi]; Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezechiel; Daniel; Tobit; Judith; Esther; Ezra, ii. books [Ezra, Nehemiah]; Maccabees, ii. books.<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.xv.iv.iv.xxv.html |chapter=Canon XXIV. (Greek xxvii.) |publisher=Christian Classics Ethereal Library |title=The Canons of the 217 Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage}}</ref>}} On 28 August 397, the [[Councils of Carthage#Synod of 397|Council of Carthage]] confirmed the canon issued at Hippo; the recurrence of the Old Testament part is stated: {{blockquote|[[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]], [[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]], [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]], [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]], [[Book of Joshua|Joshua the son of Nun]], [[Book of Judges|Judges]], [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]], four books of [[Books of Kings#Textual history|Kings]] [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings], two books of [[Paraleipomena]] [1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles], [[Book of Job|Job]], the [[Psalms|Psalter]], five books of Solomon [ [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]], [[Ecclesiastes]], [[Song of Songs]], [[Book of Wisdom|Wisdom of Solomon]], and [[Sirach|Ecclesiasticus]] ], the books of the [[Twelve Minor Prophets|twelve prophets]], [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]], [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]], [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezechiel]], [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], [[Book of Judith|Judith]], [[Book of Esther|Esther]], two books of [[Esdras]] [Ezra, Nehemiah], two [[Books of the Maccabees]].<ref>B.F. Westcott, ''A General Survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament'' (5th ed. Edinburgh, 1881), pp. 440, 541β542.</ref>}} In 419 AD, the [[Councils of Carthage#Council of 419|Council of Carthage]] in its canon 24 lists the deuterocanonical books as canonical scripture: {{blockquote|The Canonical Scriptures are as follows: [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]], [[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]], [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]], [[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]], [[Book of Joshua|Joshua the son of Nun]], [[Book of Judges|Judges]], [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]], four books of [[Books of Kings#Textual history|Kings]] [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings], two books of [[Books of Chronicles|Chronicles]], [[Book of Job|Job]], the [[Psalms|Psalter]], five books of Solomon [Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus], the books of the [[Twelve Minor Prophets|twelve prophets]], [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]], [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]], [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezechiel]], [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]], [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], [[Book of Judith|Judith]], [[Book of Esther|Esther]], two books of [[Esdras]] [Ezra, Nehemiah], two [[Books of the Maccabees]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3816.htm|title=Church Fathers: Council of Carthage (A.D. 419)|website=newadvent.org|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref>}} (According to the [[Council of Laodicea]],<ref name="Synod of Laodicea Canon 60"/> [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]],<ref name="Athanas of Alexandria"/> [[Cyril of Jerusalem]],<ref name="Cyril of Jerusalem">{{cite book|author=Cyril of Jerusalem|title=Catechetical Lecture 4 Chapter 35|publisher=newadvent|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310104.htm|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> and [[Epiphanius of Salamis]],<ref name="E.J. Brill"/> the Book of Jeremiah forms a single book together with Baruch, Lamentations and the Letter of Jeremiah, also called the Epistle of Jeremiah.) The [[Apostolic Canons]] approved by the Eastern [[Council in Trullo]] in 692 AD (not recognized by the Catholic Church) states as venerable and sacred the first three books of Maccabees and [[Wisdom of Sirach]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Council in Trullo|title=The Apostolic Canons. Canon 85|publisher=newadvent|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3820.htm|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Florence]] (1442) promulgated a list of the books of the Bible, including the books of Judith, Esther, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch and two books of the Maccabees as Canonical books: {{blockquote|Five books of Moses, namely Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Joshua, Judges, Ruth, four books of Kings [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings], two of Paralipomenon [1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles], Esdras [Ezra], Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job, Psalms of David, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel; the twelve minor prophets, namely Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi; two books of the Maccabees.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/FLORENCE.HTM|title=Eccumenical Council of Florence and Council of Basel|website=ewtn.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103203301/https://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/FLORENCE.HTM|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>}} The [[Council of Trent]] (1546) adopted an understanding of the canons of these previous councils as corresponding to its own list of deuterocanonical books: {{blockquote|Of the Old Testament, the five books of Moses, namely, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Josue, Judges, Ruth, the four books of Kings [1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings], two of Paralipomenon [1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles], the first and second of Esdras [Ezra, Nehemiah], Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, the Davidic Psalter of 150 Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Canticles [Song of Songs], Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaias, Jeremias, with Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel, the twelve minor Prophets, namely, Osee, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias; two books of Machabees, the first and second.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/TRENT4.htm|title=Paul III Council of Trent-4|website=ewtn.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103192157/https://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/TRENT4.htm|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>}}
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