LIST OF CANON LISTS
LIST OF CANON LISTS
Author’s Note: This summary brings together every canon list discussed throughout the book, allowing readers to compare the historical evidence in a single place.
Lists broken out by Book were included above, so this is one complete summary list:
| FATHER/LIST/BOOK | YEAR | ACCEPTED APOCRYPHA | “THIRD CATEGORY”? |
| MELITO OF SARDIS | 170 | SOME APOCRYPHA (JEWS?) | NO |
| MURATORIAN CANON | 170 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CLEMENT ALEXANDRIA | 203 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| ORIGEN (JEWISH LIST) | 220 | SOME APOCRYPHA: JEWS | YES FOR JEWS |
| ORIGEN (LETTER) | 248 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| ORIGEN (CITATIONS) | 250 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| EUSEBIUS (APPROVAL) | 324 | SOME APOCRYPHA | N/A |
| CLAROMONTANUS | 349 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CODEX VATICANUS | 350 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CODEX SINAITICUS | 350 | ALL APOCRYPHA? | NO |
| CYRIL OF JERUSALEM | 350 | SOME APOCRYPHA | MAYBE? |
| ST CATHERINE’S SYRIAC | 350 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CHELTENHAM LIST | 360 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| ATHANASIUS | 367 | SOME APOCRYPHA | VERSION 3.1 |
| HILARY OF POITIERS | 367 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| GREGORY NAZIANZUS | 380 | SOME APOCRYPHA | MAYBE? |
| AMPHILOCHIUS | 380 | SOME APOCRYPHA | MAYBE? |
| THE APOSTOLIC CANONS | 380 | ALL APOCRYPHA | MAYBE |
| EPIPHANIUS PAN. 8.6.1-4 | 385 | SOME APOCRYPHA: JEWS | NO |
| EPIPHANIUS PAN. 76.22.5 | 385 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| JEROME (HELMETED) | 390 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| EPIPHANIUS DE MENS. 4-5 | 392 | SOME APOCRYPHA: JEWS | YES FOR JEWS |
| THE COUNCIL OF HIPPO – 70 BISHOPS | 393 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| AUGUSTINE | 397 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| COUNCIL CARTHAGE – 44-48 BISHOPS | 397 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| JEROME (SOLOMON) | 398 | SOME APOCRYPHA | VERSION 3.2 |
| RUFINUS | 400 | SOME APOCRYPHA | VERSION 3.3 |
| JEROME (TOBIT/JUDITH) | 404 | SOME APOCRYPHA | NO |
| POPE INNOCENT I | 405 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| COUNCIL CARTHAGE – 217 BISHOPS | 419 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CODEX ALEXANDRINUS | 450 | ALL APOCRYPHA | NO |
| CODEX EPHRAEMI R. | 450 | SOME APOCRYPHA (ALL?) | NO |
Recall that our standard is consensus (as discussed at length in https://read.canoncrossfire.com/sidebar-7-reasonable-standards-of-proof-part-iii/) and that we began our analysis with the following claim from Professor Kruger:
In the first few centuries of the church we have good evidence that the dominant position (though not the only position) was an acceptance of the Jewish Old Testament canon and not the Apocrypha. This would include church fathers like Melito of Sardis, Origen, Eusebius, Athanasius, Cyril of Jerusalem, Epiphanius, Hilary of Poitiers, Gregory of Nazianzus, Rufinus, and Jerome. Thus, it appears that both the Jewish “church” and the first centuries of the Christian church widely adopted the Old Testament books and not the Apocrypha (of course there were minority opinions, but this does not contradict the model).
I discuss my views at https://read.canoncrossfire.com/the-final-ruling-is-christ-risen-and-were-apocrypha-scripture/, but of course make up your own mind.