Μέσα 4ου αιώνα: Τι διαβαζόταν ως κανονικές Γραφές στη Φρυγία της Μικράς Ασίας / Mid-4th century: What was read as authorised Scriptures at Phrygia, Asia Minor

Old illustration of a Phrygian tomb excavated in the rock,
near Harmancik, Marmara region, Turkey.
Created by Gaiaud, published on Le Tour du Monde, Paris, 1864

Κανὼν νθ' (59): Ἰδιωτικοὶ ψαλμοὶ οὐ λέγονται ἐπ' ἐκκλησίας, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὰ κανονικά.

Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἰδιωτικοὺς ψαλμοὺς λέγεσθαι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, οὐδὲ ἀκανόνιστα βιβλία, ἀλλὰ μόνα τὰ κανονικὰ τῆς Παλαιᾶς καὶ Καινῆς Διαθήκης.

Κανὼν ξ’ (60): Ὅσα δεῖ τῶν τῆς Γραφῆς ἀναγινώσκεσθαι βιβλία.

Ὅσα δεῖ βιβλία ἀναγινώσκεσθαι τῆς Παλαιᾶς Διαθήκης· α΄ Γένεσις κόσμου· β΄ Ἔξοδος ἐξ Αἰγύπτου· γ΄ Λευϊτικόν· δ΄ Ἀριθμοί· ε΄ Δευτερονόμιον· στ΄ ᾽Ιησοῦς τοῦ Ναυῆ· ζ΄ Κριταί, Ρούθ· η΄ Ἐσθήρ· θ΄ Βασιλειῶν πρώτη καὶ δευτέρα· ι΄ Βασιλειῶν τρίτη καὶ τετάρτη· ια΄ Παραλειπομένων πρῶτον καὶ δεύτερον· ιβ΄ Ἔσδρας πρῶτον καὶ δεύτερον· ιγ΄ Βίβλος Ψαλμῶν ρν ΄ ιδ΄ Παροιμίαι Σολομῶντος· ιε΄ Ἐκκλησιαστής· ιστ΄ Ἆσμα ἀσμάτων· ιζ΄ Ἰώβ· ιη΄ Δωδεκαπρόφητον· ιθ΄ Ἡσαΐας, Ἱερεμίας καὶ Βαρούχ, Θρῆνοι καὶ Ἐπιστολαί· κα' Ἰεζεκιήλ· κβ' Δανιήλ. Τὰ δὲ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης ταῦτα· Εὐαγγέλια τέσσερα, κατὰ Ματθαῖον, κατὰ Μᾶρκον, κατὰ Λουκᾶν, κατὰ Ἰωάννην· Πράξεις, Ἀποστόλων· Ἐπιστολαὶ καθολικαὶ ἑπτά, Ἰακώβου μία, Πέτρου δύο, Ἰωάννου τρεῖς, Ἰούδα μία· Ἐπιστολαὶ Παύλου δεκατέσσαρες· πρὸς Ρωμαίους μία, πρὸς Κορινθίους δύο, πρὸς Γαλάτας μία, πρὸς Ἐφεσίους μία, πρὸς Φιλιππησίους μία, πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς μία, πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς δύο, πρὸς Ἑβραίους μία, πρὸς Τιμόθεον δύο, πρὸς Τίτον μία, καὶ πρὸς Φιλήμονα μία.

* Τοπική σύνοδος Λαοδικείας
(Λαοδικεία Φρυγίας στη Μικρά Ασία, 343-381 Κ.Χ., εξέδωσε 60 κανόνες)

Canon 59

No psalms composed by private individuals nor any uncanonical books may be read in the church, but only the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments.

Canon 60

These are all the books of Old Testament appointed to be read: 1, Genesis of the world; 2, The Exodus from Egypt; 3, Leviticus; 4, Numbers; 5, Deuteronomy; 6, Joshua, the son of Nun; 7, Judges, Ruth; 8, Esther; 9, Of the Kings, First and Second; 10, Of the Kings, Third and Fourth; 11, Chronicles, First and Second; 12, Esdras, First and Second; 13, The Book of Psalms; 14, The Proverbs of Solomon; 15, Ecclesiastes; 16, The Song of Songs; 17, Job; 18, The Twelve Prophets; 19, Isaiah; 20, Jeremiah, and Baruch, the Lamentations, and the Epistle; 21, Ezekiel; 22, Daniel. And these are the books of the New Testament: Four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; The Acts of the Apostles; Seven Catholic Epistles, to wit, one of James, two of Peter, three of John, one of Jude; Fourteen Epistles of Paul, one to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, one to the Galatians, one to the Ephesians, one to the Philippians, one to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, one to the Hebrews, two to Timothy, one to Titus, and one to Philemon.

* Local synod of Laodicea
(Laodicea of Phrygia at Asia Minor, 343-381 C.E., regulated 60 canons)