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 (8)

Label	Occurrences
Christian Old Testament	42
Christian biblical canon canonical	3
Christian Old Testament canon	2
Anglican biblical canon	1
Biblical canon	1
New Testament canon	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 ⓘ surface form: Catholic epistles Four canonical gospels ⓘ Historical books ⓘ Major Prophets ⓘ surface form: Major prophets The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Minor prophets Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles Five Books of Moses ⓘ surface form: Pentateuch Psalms ⓘ
developedFrom	Septuagint ⓘ early Christian writings ⓘ
hasHistoricalSource	Jewish biblical canon ⓘ
hasPart	New Testament ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
hasPartInSomeTraditions	Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ surface form: Apocrypha Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
hasVariant	Christian biblical canon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglican biblical canon Assyrian Church of the East biblical canon ⓘ Catholic biblical canon ⓘ Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon Ge'ez Bible ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon Oriental Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ Protestant Bible ⓘ surface form: Protestant biblical canon
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 worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestant churches
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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