Bible Question:
What group of earthly individuals is responsible for collecting Biblical literature and selecting which works would be included in what we now call The Holy Bible and which works would not be included? Please note that I am not asking why some works should or should not be included. I think that question has previously been dealt with in this forum. |
Bible Answer: The term for the specific works that were selected to be part of [and now compose] our modern day "Holy Bible" is the biblical "canon". The group of individuals who took it upon themselves to confirm which works were "inspired" by God and which ones were not was a group of catholic leaders from the 1500's (about 255 members total, including four papal legates, two cardinals, three patriarchs, twenty-five archbishops, and 168 bishops) which convened at the "Council of Trent." |