Posted: Jun 08, 2018 5:20 pm
Thomas Eshuis wrote:SkyMutt wrote:
Your posting of that link strongly suggests that you believe the Council of Nicea established the canon. Ever since Dan Brown's misinformation-packed fantasies became popular, that's been considered common knowledge. It also is almost certainly untrue.
How do you know this?
Earlier in this thread, I provided a link to a previous post which gives a brief description of some of the most relevant historical evidence, with links. No reputable historical scholar that I'm aware of accepts the idea that the First Council of Nicea produced a biblical canon of any sort. Note that the Wikipedia page on the First Council of Nicea that Sendraks linked to doesn't say that that synod produced a biblical canon. In fact it includes a section on the historical misconception I've pointed out. It does describe canon law promulgated at the synod, which is something else entirely.
We could go into the historiography of this issue but I doubt anyone here is particularly interested, though some would possibly find it gratifying to sneer at such a discussion.