Biblical canon
Authorized sacred texts
Biblical canon refers to the collection of texts accepted as authoritative scripture within a religious tradition.
Different branches of Christianity recognize different canons—the Catholic Bible includes books that Protestant Bibles exclude as apocrypha.
The Jewish canon differs from both.
Debates over which books belong in the canon have shaped religious history for millennia.
The Council of Trent affirmed the Catholic biblical canon in 1546.
- Word of GodSacred religious text
- sacred scriptureRevered religious text
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- ApocryphaScripturally disputed religious texts
Codex Sinaiticus · Council of Trent · Septuagint · Tanakh · Pentateuch · ancient manuscripts · Jewish scriptures · Council of Nicaea · early church fathers · King James Version · Gospels · Psalms · Revelation · Midrash · Hermeneutics · Eschatology · Torah · deuterocanonical
Biblical canonapocrypha
Works of doubtful authenticity
pseudepigrapha · Gospel of Thomas · forbidden books · Dead Sea Scrolls
Biblical canonQuran
Islam's central scripture
Vedas · Book of Mormon · Tao Te Ching · Guru Granth Sahib · Sutras
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