Council of Rome (382)

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The Council of Rome (382) was a synod convened by Pope Damasus I that played a key role in defining the Christian biblical canon and shaping the development of the Latin Vulgate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Council of Rome (378) 1
Council of Rome (382) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century Christian council ⓘ
church council ⓘ
synod ⓘ
aim to clarify which books are to be read as divine Scripture in the Church ⓘ
associatedWith Decretum Gelasianum ⓘ
Pope Damasus I’s biblical decree ⓘ
authority local council with influence on the wider Church ⓘ
century 4th century ⓘ
church Church of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
convenedBy Pope Damasus I ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
dateApproximate late 4th century ⓘ
defined New Testament canon used in the Latin Church ⓘ
Old Testament canon used in the Latin Church ⓘ
list of canonical books of the Bible ⓘ
denomination Catholic Church ⓘ
followedBy Council of Hippo (393) ⓘ
Councils of Carthage on the canon ⓘ
historicalContext pontificate of Pope Damasus I ⓘ
post-Nicene period ⓘ
impact authoritative list of Scriptures for the Roman Church ⓘ
standardization of the Western biblical canon ⓘ
influenced development of the Latin Vulgate ⓘ
later Western biblical canon lists ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Latin ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
mainTopic Latin Bible ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate

Scriptural books ⓘ
biblical canon ⓘ
presidedOverBy Pope Damasus I ⓘ
recognizedAsCanonical Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
Catholic Epistles ⓘ
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses

deuterocanonical books used in the Latin Church ⓘ
four Gospels ⓘ
historical books of the Old Testament ⓘ
prophetic books of the Old Testament ⓘ
wisdom books of the Old Testament ⓘ
relatedTo formation of the Catholic biblical canon ⓘ
textual basis of the Latin Vulgate ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf patristic and canon-historical studies ⓘ
tradition Latin Church ⓘ
year 382 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholic biblical canon → recognizedByCouncil → Council of Rome (382) ⓘ
Meletian schism → significantEvent → Council of Rome (378) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Rome (382)