which is named The Two Ways, and The Judgment of Peter. They desired
that all these should be read in the Churches, but that appeal should not be
made to them on points of faith.”
St. Jerome, Against Rufinus 11, 33 (402 AD)
“What sin have I committed if I followed the judgment of the churches?
But he who brings charges against me for relating the objections the
Hebrews are wont to raise against the story of Susanna, the Son of the three
Children, and the story of Bel and the Dragon, which are not found in the
Hebrew volume, proves that he is just a foolish sycophant. For I wasn’t
relating my own personal views, but rather the remarks that they are wont
to make against us.”
Pope Innocent I, Letter to Exsuperius, Bishop of Toulouse 6, 7, 13
(405 AD)
“A short annotation shows what books are to be accepted as canonical. As
you wished to be informed specifically, they are as follows: The five books
of Moses, that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; and
Jesus Nave, one of Judges, four of Kingdoms, and also Ruth, sixteen books
of Prophets, five books of Solomon, the Psalter. Likewise, of histories, one
book of Job, one book of Tobias, one of Esther, one of Judith, two of
Maccabees, two of Esdras, two books of Paralipomenon. Likewise, of the
New Testament: four books of Gospels, fourteen Epistles of Paul, three
Epistles of John, two Epistles of Peter, the Epistle of Jude, the Epistle of
James, the Acts of the Apostles, the Apocalypse of John. Others, however,
which were written under the name of Matthias or of James the Less, or
under the name of Peter and of John, by a certain Leucius–or under the
name of Andrew, by the philosophers Nexocharis and Leonidas–or under
the name of Thomas, and such others as may be, are not only to be
repudiated, but, as you know, are also to be condemned.”
Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566)
No reference was made in the Catechism of the Council of Trent to the
Canon of the Bible; the question was addressed by the Council itself in the
Decree Concerning the Canonical Scriptures, in 1546:
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