Christian biblical canon

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Christian scripture collection of sacred texts religious canon

The Christian biblical canon is the authoritative collection of sacred scriptures recognized by Christian traditions as divinely inspired and normative for faith and practice.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Christian Old Testament	42
New Testament canon	6
Christian biblical canon canonical	3
Christian Old Testament canon	2
Anglican biblical canon	1
Biblical canon	1
Christian Scriptures	1
Old Testament (in Christian canons that accept deuterocanon)	1
Old Testament canon	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian biblical canon
Context triple: [Historical Books (Christian canon), partOf, Christian biblical canon]

A. Roman Catholic biblical canon
The Roman Catholic biblical canon is the authoritative collection of Old and New Testament books recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books not accepted in many Protestant traditions.
B. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance is a scholarly monograph by Bruce M. Metzger that traces how the New Testament books were selected, recognized, and transmitted as authoritative Christian Scripture.
C. Historical Books (Christian canon)
The Historical Books in the Christian canon are a collection of Old Testament writings that narrate Israel’s history from the conquest of Canaan through the post-exilic period, highlighting God’s dealings with His people.
D. Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
E. Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments is a seminal work of Reformed biblical theology that traces the progressive unfolding of God’s revelation across the Old and New Testaments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian biblical canon
Target entity description: The Christian biblical canon is the authoritative collection of sacred scriptures recognized by Christian traditions as divinely inspired and normative for faith and practice.

A. Roman Catholic biblical canon
The Roman Catholic biblical canon is the authoritative collection of Old and New Testament books recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books not accepted in many Protestant traditions.
B. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance is a scholarly monograph by Bruce M. Metzger that traces how the New Testament books were selected, recognized, and transmitted as authoritative Christian Scripture.
C. Historical Books (Christian canon)
The Historical Books in the Christian canon are a collection of Old Testament writings that narrate Israel’s history from the conquest of Canaan through the post-exilic period, highlighting God’s dealings with His people.
D. Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
E. Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments is a seminal work of Reformed biblical theology that traces the progressive unfolding of God’s revelation across the Old and New Testaments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ collection of sacred texts ⓘ religious canon ⓘ
containsTextGroup	Catholic epistles ⓘ linked to: Catholic Epistles Four canonical gospels ⓘ Historical books ⓘ Major prophets ⓘ linked to: Major Prophets Minor prophets ⓘ linked to: The Twelve Minor Prophets Pauline epistles ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Pentateuch ⓘ linked to: Five Books of Moses Psalms ⓘ
developedFrom	Septuagint ⓘ early Christian writings ⓘ
hasHistoricalSource	Jewish biblical canon ⓘ
hasPart	New Testament ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Tanakh
hasPartInSomeTraditions	Apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Apocrypha (in early editions) Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
hasVariant	Anglican biblical canon ⓘ linked to: Christian biblical canon Assyrian Church of the East biblical canon ⓘ Catholic biblical canon ⓘ Eastern Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox canon Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ linked to: Ge'ez Bible Oriental Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ Protestant biblical canon ⓘ linked to: Protestant Bible
includesFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
includesGenre	apocalyptic literature ⓘ epistles ⓘ gospels ⓘ law ⓘ prophecy ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
languageOfEarliestTexts	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ
normativeFor	Christian doctrine ⓘ Christian ethics ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ
recognizedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Protestant churches ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity
regardedAs	authoritative for Christian faith and practice ⓘ divinely inspired ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	canonization process ⓘ
usedIn	Christian preaching ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ

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