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This page mentions nothing about the canon of the Syriac Christian church, which omits some New Testament books and adds others.
In the Old Testament - To be canonized, generally you had to be a leader of Israel (i.e. Moses, Joshua) or a King of Israel (i.e. David, Solomon) or recognized as a Judge of Israel (i.e. Samson, Deborah) or a Prophet (i.e. Elijah, Ezekiel) There are some exception however. (Ruth, which may be attributed to Samuel, but no one knows for certain)
In the New Testament - You either had to be an Apostle, or named by an Apostle in one of their letters. The notable exception here is the book of Hebrews, which may be attributed to Paul or Luke, but no one knows who authored it for certain.
Yet another requirement, was that a book (or letter) had to "reveal the divine nature of God" in order to be included. Some of the books of the Apocrypha for example are very nice books, and have some historical value, but really don't meet this requirement.
Finally yet another reason in Matthew 23:31-35 (and Luke 11:51) Jesus specifically names the prophets persecuted in the Old Testament, "From Abel to Zechariah". Why didn't he mention the Prophets of the Apocrypha? These books were written before Jesus s ministry on the Earth. The thought here is that if Jesus didn't recognize them as prophets, why should we? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmccaff ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
The article reads very strangely, to a professor used to scholarly discussions of canon-making: "Thus, in the fifth century, all of Christendom had come into complete accord on the matter of the New Testament canon.[14] In the tradition of the undivided Church, the unanimous oneness of the mind of the Church established the canon of the New Testament even more firmly than an ecumenical council would have; the finalization was no longer in any doubt whatsoever in any part of Christendom." The point seems to be that something called "the unanimous oneness of the mind of the Church" established the canon better than mere mortal scholars presenting evidence in a debate could do. That seems, at the very least, like Original Research, if not outright Dogma. The entire article seems designed to prove that point. Perhaps it should be reserved to Another to "teach by authority, unlike the scribes." At least on humble Wikipedia. Profhum ( talk) 18:56, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article be merged to Development of the New Testament canon? Editor2020 ( talk) 02:07, 1 April 2019 (UTC)