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Development of the Christian biblical canon

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Biblical apocrypha
collection of ancient books found in some editions of Christian Bibles
deuterocanonical books
books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations
biblical canon
set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible
Muratorian fragment
2nd century list of books; a proto-canon before the New Testament
Antilegomena
Antilegomena (from Greek ) are written texts whose authenticity or value is disputed. Eusebius in his Church History (c. 325) used the term for those Christian scriptures that were "disputed", literally "spoken against", in Early Christianity before the closure of the New Testament canon.
Historical books
one of four divisions in the Christian Old Testament
Sapiential Books
subset of the books of Septuagint: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach
Synod of Hippo
4th-century church council
Council of Laodicea
synod held between 363 and 365
Gelasian Decree
6th century Latin church text
Development of the New Testament canon
development of the New Testament canon
prophetic books
division of the Old Testament; a group of texts
Orthodox Tewahedo Biblical canon
biblical canon used by Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Council of Rome
382 Christian synod
Easter letter
Christian letters, especially regarding biblical canon
development of the Old Testament canon
Protestant Bible
Christian Bible whose translation or revision was produced by Protestants