The Holy Canons Apostolic Canon 85
Canon 85 The venerable and holy books of both Testaments
Ἱεροὶ Κανόνες τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ Πανσέπτων Ἀποστόλων
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Let there be for all of you, clerics and laymen, venerable and holy books: of the Old Testament, of Moses, five: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; of Joshua son of Nun, one; of Judges, one; of Ruth, one; of the Kingdoms, four; of the Paralipomena, of the book of the days, two; of Esdras, two; of Esther, one; of the Maccabees, three; of Job, one; of the Psalter, one; of Solomon, three: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs; of the Prophets, twelve; of Isaiah, one; of Jeremiah, one; of Ezekiel, one; of Daniel, one. And besides these, let it be further recorded for you that your young should learn the Wisdom of the very learned Sirach. And ours (that is, of the New Testament): Gospels, four: of Matthew, of Mark, of Luke and of John; epistles of Paul, fourteen; epistles of Peter, two; of John, three; of James, one; of Jude, one; epistles of Clement, two; and the Constitutions addressed to you bishops through me, Clement, in eight books, which ought not to be made public before all because of the mystical things in them; and the Acts of us the Apostles.
Ἔστω ὑμῖν πᾶσι κληρικοῖς καὶ λαϊκοῖς βιβλία σεβάσμια καὶ ἅγια, τῆς μὲν Παλαιᾶς Διαθήκης, Μωυσέως, πέντε· Γένεσις, Ἔξοδος, Λευιτικόν, Ἀριθμοί, Δευτερονόμιον· Ἰησοῦ Ναυῆ, ἕν· Κριτῶν, ἕν· Ῥούθ, ἕν· Βασιλειῶν, τέσσαρα· Παραλειπομένων, τῆς βίβλου τῶν ἡμερῶν, δύο· Ἔσδρα, δύο· Ἐσθήρ, ἕν· Μακκαβαίων, τρία· Ἰώβ, ἕν· Ψαλτηρίου, ἕν· Σολομῶντος, τρία, Παροιμίαι, Ἐκκλησιαστής, ᾎσμα ᾈσμάτων· Προφητῶν, δώδεκα· Ἡσαΐου, ἕν· Ἱερεμίου, ἕν· Ἰεζεκιήλ, ἕν· Δανιήλ, ἕν. Ἔξωθεν δὲ ὑμῖν προσιστορείσθω μανθάνειν ὑμῶν τοὺς νέους τὴν Σοφίαν τοῦ πολυμαθοῦς Σειράχ. Ἡμέτερα δὲ (τουτέστι, τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης), Εὐαγγέλια τέσσαρα· Ματθαίου, Μάρκου, Λουκᾶ καὶ Ἰωάννου· Παύλου ἐπιστολαί, δεκατέσσαρες· Πέτρου ἐπιστολαί, δύο· Ἰωάννου, τρεῖς· Ἰακώβου, μία· Ἰούδα, μία· Κλήμεντος ἐπιστολαί, δύο· καὶ αἱ Διαταγαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις δι᾿ ἐμοῦ Κλήμεντος, ἐν ὀκτὼ βιβλίοις προσπεφωνημέναι· ἃς οὐ χρὴ δημοσιεύειν ἐπὶ πάντων διὰ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς μυστικά· καὶ αἱ Πράξεις ἡμῶν τῶν Ἀποστόλων.
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