<P> In the wake of the Protestant Reformation , the Catholic canon was reaffirmed by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent ( 1546 ) , which provided `` the first infallible and effectually promulgated pronouncement on the Canon '' by the Roman Catholic Church . The canons of the Church of England and English Calvinists were decided definitively by the Thirty - Nine Articles ( 1563 ) and the Westminster Confession of Faith ( 1647 ) , respectively . The Synod of Jerusalem ( 1672 ) established additional canons that are widely accepted throughout the Orthodox Church . </P>
<P> In the wake of the Protestant Reformation , the Catholic canon was reaffirmed by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent ( 1546 ) , which provided `` the first infallible and effectually promulgated pronouncement on the Canon '' by the Roman Catholic Church . The canons of the Church of England and English Calvinists were decided definitively by the Thirty - Nine Articles ( 1563 ) and the Westminster Confession of Faith ( 1647 ) , respectively . The Synod of Jerusalem ( 1672 ) established additional canons that are widely accepted throughout the Orthodox Church . </P>
who decided which books to include in the canon of the new testament
who decided which books to include in the canon of the new testament
Catholic Church
Catholic Church