VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures for Salvation.
Holy Scripture containeth all things
necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be
proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed
as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to
salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical
Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in
the Church.
Of the Names and Number of the
Canonical Books
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Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of
Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second
Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of
Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, The Book
of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or
Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve
Prophets the less.
And the other Books (as Hierome
saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of
manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are
these following:
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The Third Book of Esdras, The
Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest
of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach,
Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna,
Of Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of
Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees.
All the Books of the New Testament, as
they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them Canonical.
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