As a direct response to this, in the year 1546, the Council of Trent proclaimed all 73 books of the Catholic Bible to be ″sacred and canonical″ and to have been fully inspired by the Holy Spirit in their whole. The scriptural list that was canonized at Trent would be the only thing left for the First Vatican Council, which convened three hundred years later, to do: ratify it.

The Council of Rome is responsible for establishing the canon of the Catholic Church (382).

Did the Council of Nicaea establish the Christian biblical canon?

The idea that the Christian biblical canon was established at the Council of Nicaea (325 AD), which was under the authority of Roman Emperor Constantine, was an attempt to show how the Bible originated as a result of a conspiracy and power play on the part of a relatively small number of elite bishops.

Who decided the canon of the Bible?

There was not a canon that was settled upon by any early church council. Only God knew which books should be included in the Bible; it was entirely up to him to make that decision. It was just a matter of God communicating to those who follow Him what He had already determined to do.

Did the church have a canonical list of books in the Bible?

According to Jason Combs, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University specializing in ancient Christianity, there was no single church authority or council that convened to rubber stamp the biblical canon (official list of books in the Bible), not at Nicea or anywhere else in antiquity.Canon refers to the list of books that are considered to be authoritative in the Christian religion.

Was the Bible compiled by the church?

However, the Bible as a whole was not officially written until the late fourth century. This demonstrates that the Catholic Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, defined the canon, or list of books, of the Bible.