11 events with tag "canon"
450 BC
ID: 2808
Hebrew Bible reaches near-final form - Ezra the Scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing texts
ID: 2808
85
ID: 4822
Council of Jamnia begins - Rabbinic Judaism reorganizes without Temple, begins fixing Hebrew canon, Birkat ha-Minim added to prayers
ID: 4822
144
ID: 4136
Marcion excommunicated in Rome - wealthy shipowner creates first biblical canon (Luke + 10 Pauline letters), rejects Old Testament
ID: 4136
144
ID: 4830
Marcion excommunicated - Church returns his donation, he creates first biblical canon: edited Luke + 10 Pauline letters
ID: 4830
160
ID: 4833
Melito of Sardis travels to Palestine - Investigates and lists Old Testament canon, one of first canonical lists
ID: 4833
180
ID: 4144
Muratorian Canon compiled - earliest known list of New Testament books, includes 22 of 27 books
ID: 4144
200
ID: 4843
Muratorian Canon lists New Testament books - Earliest known list, rejects Marcionite texts, includes most current NT
ID: 4843
325
ID: 4845
Council of Nicaea - While focused on Arianism, assumes unified OT-NT scripture, Scripture Wars effectively concluded
ID: 4845
366
ID: 3871
St. Damasus I becomes thirty-seventh pope - commissions Jerome's Vulgate, fixes biblical canon
ID: 3871
367
ID: 4846
Athanasius's 39th Festal Letter - First listing of exact 27 NT books, OT canon also specified, Scripture Wars legacy
ID: 4846
382
ID: 4847
Council of Rome confirms biblical canon - Pope Damasus lists canonical books, Jerome commissioned for Vulgate translation
ID: 4847