<P> The Council of Laodicea , c. 363 , was one of the first councils that set out to judge which books were to be read aloud in churches . The decrees issued by the thirty or so clerics attending were called canons . Canon 59 decreed that only canonical books should be read , but no list was appended in the Latin and Syriac manuscripts recording the decrees . The list of canonical books , Canon 60 , sometimes attributed to the Council of Laodicea is a later addition according to most scholars and has a 22 - book OT and 26 - book NT ( excludes Revelation ) . </P>
<P> The Council of Laodicea , c. 363 , was one of the first councils that set out to judge which books were to be read aloud in churches . The decrees issued by the thirty or so clerics attending were called canons . Canon 59 decreed that only canonical books should be read , but no list was appended in the Latin and Syriac manuscripts recording the decrees . The list of canonical books , Canon 60 , sometimes attributed to the Council of Laodicea is a later addition according to most scholars and has a 22 - book OT and 26 - book NT ( excludes Revelation ) . </P>
all of the new testament except revelation was recognized at the council of
all of the new testament except revelation was recognized at the council of
Laodicea
Laodicea