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To: Old Mountain man; All

Constantine asked that the Church define the canon of the NT... A synod of biships gathered, and in about 360 they requested that this be undertaken.. In 390, the first "official" canon was assembled under Pope Damascus..


21 posted on 04/04/2005 10:39:56 AM PDT by 1stFreedom (1)
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To: 1stFreedom
That should be Pope Damasus (reigned 366 to 384), not Damascus.
109 posted on 04/04/2005 2:02:49 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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