What is the Canon of Scripture?

• A. The writings of Sacred Scripture that are approved by the Church as inspired by God.
• B. The collection of all church laws.
• C. The list of canonical prophets.
• D. The commentaries on scripture.

Answer: (B)

The canon of Scripture is the list of writings that the Church recognizes as inspired by God and authoritative for faith and practice. It’s not about church laws, prophets, or commentary; it’s about which books are considered divinely inspired and therefore belong in Sacred Scripture. The Church assesses a book’s inspiration, apostolic connection, doctrinal consistency, and widespread acceptance within the Christian community to determine canonicity. In most traditions, this yields the recognized 66 books of the Bible, but the essential idea is that the canon is the authoritative collection of inspired writings, not a set of laws, prophets, or study notes.