DE CANONICIS SCRIPTVRIS DECRETVM

EX CONCILIO TRIDENTINO
SESSIONE QVARTA.

 

SACROSANCTA Oecumenica, & generalis Tridentina Synodus, in Spiritu sancto legitime congregata, præsidentibus in ea eisdem tribus Apostolicæ Sedis Legatis, hoc sibi perpetuo ante oculos proponens, vt, sublatis erroribus, puritas ipsa Euangelij in Ecclesia conseruetur. Et infra:

Sacrorum vero librorum Indicem huic Decreto ascribendum censuit, ne cui dubitatio suboriri possit, quinam sint, qui ab ipsa Synodo suscipiuntur. Sunt vero infrascripti:

Testamenti veteris, Quinque Moysi, idest Genesis, Exodus, Leuiticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium: Iosue, Iudicum, Ruth: Quattuor Regum: Duo Paralipomenon: Esdræ primus, & secundus, qui dicitur Neemias: Tobias, Iudith, Esther, Iob, Psalterium Dauidicum centum quinquaginta Psalmorum, Parabolæ, Ecclesiastes, Canticum canticorum, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Isaias, Ieremias cum Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel: Duodecim Prophetæ minores, idest Osea, Ioel, Amos, Abdias, Ionas, Michæas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggæus, Zacharias, Malachias: Duo Machabæorum, primus, & secundus.

Testamenti noui: Quattuor Euangelia, secundum Matthæum, Marcum, Lucam, & Ioannem: Actus Apostolorum a Luca Euangelista conscripti: Quattuordecim Epistolæ Pauli Apostoli: Ad Romanos, duæ ad Corinthios, ad Galatas, ad Ephesios, ad Philippenses, ad Colossenses, duæ ad Thessalonicenses, duæ ad Timotheum, ad Titum, ad Philemonem, ad Hebræos: Petri Apostoli duæ: Ioannis Apostoli tres: Iacobi Apostoli vna: Iudæ Apostoli vna: & Apocalypsis Ioannis Apostoli.

Si quis autem Libros ipsos integros cum omnibus suis partibus, prout in Ecclesia Catholica legi consueuerunt, & in veteri vulgata Latina editione habentur, pro sacris, & canonicis non susceperit, & traditiones prædictas sciens, & prudens contempserit, anathema sit.

 

DECREE CONCERNING THE CANONICAL SCRIPTURES

FROM THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
FOURTH SESSION.

 

THE SACROSANCT, Ecumenical, and general Synod of Trent, lawfully assembled in the Holy Spirit, with the same three Legates of the Apostolic See presiding over it, keeping this constantly before its eyes: that, errors being removed, the very purity of the Gospel may be preserved in the Church. And below:

It has, moreover, thought fit that a list of the Sacred Books be attached to this Decree, lest a doubt might arise in anyone as to which ones are received by this Synod. They are, truly, those written below:

Of the Old Testament:
The five books of Moses: that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; Joshua, Judges, Ruth; four books of Kings; two of Paralipomenon [Chronicles]; the first and second of Esdras (which is called Nehemiah); Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job; the Davidic Psalter of one hundred and fifty Psalms; Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticle of Canticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus; Isaiah, Jeremiah with Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel; the twelve minor Prophets: that is, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi; two of Maccabees: first and second.

Of the New Testament:
The four Gospels: according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles written by Luke the Evangelist; fourteen Epistles of Paul the Apostle: to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the Ephesians, to the Philippenses, to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews; two of Peter the Apostle; three of John the Apostle; one of James the Apostle; one of Jude the Apostle; and the Apocalypse of John the Apostle.

But if anyone shall not receive as sacred and canonical these same books entire with all their parts, as they have been used to be read in the Catholic Church, and as they are contained in the old Latin Vulgate edition; and shall knowingly and deliberately contemn the traditions aforesaid; let him be anathema.