The Development of the Canon of the New Testament

Early Lists of the Books of the New Testament

The following lists are taken directly from [Metzger] and [Schneemelcher].

Catalogue inserted in codex Claromontanus	4th century?
The Canon of Cyril of Jerusalem	~350 CE
The Cheltenham Canon	~360 CE
The Canon approved by the Synod of Laodicea	~363 CE ?
The Canon approved by the 'Apostolic Canons'	~385 CE
The canon of Gregory of Nazianzus	329-389 CE
The canon of Amphilochius of Iconium	died after 394 CE
The Canon approved by the Third Synod of Carthage	~397 CE
The Decretum Gelasianum	6th century
Catalogue of the Sixty Canonical Books	7th century
The Stichometry of Nicephorus	9th century ?