Eighty-five church-order rules attributed to the apostles. Canon 85 lists the NT books, including 1 and 2 Clement and the Apostolic Constitutions but omitting Revelation. Place is a scholarly inference (Syria, probably Antioch).
Dating
The final chapter of the Apostolic Constitutions, compiled in Syria (probably Antioch) c. 375-380; the canons may be somewhat later.Read the list(opens in a new tab)Apostolic Canons 85 (Apostolic Constitutions 8.47.85)
The 27 books
26 accepted · 1 rejectedActs
Paul
Hebrews
General letters
Revelation
- Accepted
- Disputed
- Rejected
- Not mentioned
Notes on the books
- Hebrews (accepted): Counted among 'fourteen Epistles of Paul'.
- Jude (accepted): The list goes on to add two Epistles of Clement and the Constitutions themselves.
- Revelation (rejected): Omitted from a closed list (canon 85 names the books to be held venerable and holy), so encoded as rejected.