[kosta50]

When exactly did "the Church" make a dogmatic declaration of what the canon of Scripture was?

Why "the Church" as if questioning that the Church existed? Ridiculous.

The Church made a dogmatic declaration of the canon at the Third Council of Carthage, at the very end of the 4th century. Until that time, the canon varied from church to church, as can be seen from the various private canons (from Bible Research)

Athanasius (b. 296)	Origen (b. 185)	Irenaeus (b. 130)	Marcion* (b. 85)
Matthew	Matthew	Matthew
Mark	Mark	Mark
Luke	Luke	Luke	Luke
John	John	John
Acts	Acts	Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians
Galatians	Galatians	Galatians	Galatians
Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians
Philippians	Philippians	Philippians	Philippians
Colossians	Colossians	Colossians	Colossians
1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Timothy
2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Timothy
Titus	Titus	Titus
Philemon	Philemon	Philemon	Philemon
Hebrews	Hebrews	Hebrews
James	James	James
1 Peter	1 Peter	1 Peter
2 Peter	2 Peter	2 Peter
1 John	1 John	1 John
2 John	2 John	2 John
3 John	3 John	3 John
Jude	Jude	Jude
Revelation**	Revelation	Revelation

Italic type indicates that the writer either does not mention the book or expressed some doubt about the status of the book.

The Muratonian Fragment from 170 AD does not include the Shepherd of Hermes or the Epistle of Barnabas as Scripture, but does indicate they are worthy of being read.

That's right. Many variations, showing individual interpretations and no unity. Hardly the work of the Holy Spirit!

[Kolokotronis]

"The Church made a dogmatic declaration of the canon at the Third Council of Carthage, at the very end of the 4th century."

The 3rd Council of Carthage was a local, North African council and thus could not proclaim anything dogmatically for the One Church. As you know, Revelations wasn't included in the East until the 9th century.

[irishtenor]

***That’s right. Many variations, showing individual interpretations and no unity. Hardly the work of the Holy Spirit!***

I am trying to figure out why you even care. You don’t believe the Bible as God’s word, you don’t believe that the Holy Spirit works in our lives to understand the Bible, You doubt assertations that express belief in God unless YOU have proof of it. What exactly DO you believe?