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Hi, Mark —
Thanks for your question.
The Councils Rome, Hippo, and Carthage, roughly between
382 and 419 A.D., were the first councils to give an
official canon for both (New and Old) Testaments.
They gave us 27 books in the New Testament and 46
books in the Old Testament.
Later, the 7th Ecumenical Council, the
Second Council of Nicea (held in 787 A.D.), confirmed the work
of the three local Councils.
Still later, the Council of Trent (1545-1563 A.D.) reiterated
the same canon given to us back in 382 A.D., so the
matter of both the New and Old Testament canons has
really been settled since 382 A.D.
Various Councils, for various reasons, have had
to restate the work of previous Councils.
John
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