Below are quotes from the early Church Fathers from books not in the Protestant Bible, but that are in the Catholic Bible. In one quote from St. Augustine, he even lists the canon of the Old ...

The New Testament canon is based on Catholic authority, not on the text of the Bible itself. (photo: Credit: ‘Trounce’, via Wikimedia Commons) Dave Armstrong Blogs May 16, 2017 ...

The Catholic Church re-affirmed this canon at the Council of Trent in 1546 (in defense against Luther’s cries to reorganize the Bible) and it has not varied since.

Protestants disbelieve “late-developing” Catholic doctrines, yet the New Testament canon is of the same nature. Protestant apologists can make an argument that the concept of biblical books is ...