Biblical canon

====Council of Florence====
[[File:KJV 1769 Oxford Edition, vol. 1.djvu|page=21|thumb|The contents page in a complete 80 book [[King James Bible]], listing "The Books of the Old Testament", "The Books called Apocrypha", and "The Books of the New Testament"]]
Before the [[Protestant Reformation]], the [[Council of Florence]] (1439–1443) took place. With the approval of this [[ecumenical council]], Pope [[Eugenius IV]] (in office 1431–1447) issued several [[papal bulls]] ([[Decree (Catholic canon law)|decrees]]) with a view to restoring the [[Eastern churches]], which the Catholic Church considered as [[schism]]atic bodies, into [[Full communion|communion with Rome]]. Catholic theologians regard these documents as [[infallible]] statements of [[Catholic theology|Catholic doctrine]]. The ''Decretum pro Jacobitis'' contains a complete list of the books received by the Catholic Church as inspired, but omits the terms "canon" and "canonical". The Council of Florence therefore taught the inspiration of all the Scriptures, but did not formally pronounce itself on canonicity.<ref>{{cite book |author-last1=Gigot |author-first1=Francis Ernest Charles |author-link1=Francis Gigot |chapter=The Canon of the Old Testament in the Christian Church: Section II. From the Middle of the Fifth Century to our Day |title=General Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures |year=1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3kQAQAAIAAJ |volume=1 of Introduction to the study of the Holy Scriptures |edition=3 |location=New York |publisher=Benziger |publication-date=1900 |page=71 |access-date=1 February 2021 |quote=[...] the bull of Eugenius IV did not deal with the ''canonicity'' of the books which were not found in the Hebrew Text, but simply proclaimed their ''inspiration'' [...].}}</ref><ref>
{{CathEncy|wstitle= Canon of the Old Testament}} section titled "The Council of Florence 1442"</ref>