Council
Laodicea
later fourth century, year unknown · Laodicea on the Lycus
Disputed. A council and most disciplinary canons are accepted. Date and canon 60 are not.
Convened by. Bishops of Phrygia; the president is not securely known
Issues. Liturgical and moral discipline, and which writings should be read in church.
Outcomes. Sixty canons on clergy, worship, and social boundaries. Canon 59 limits public reading to 'canonical' books. Canon 60, a New Testament list close to the later 27, is missing in some old copies and is often judged a later addition.
Canons or creeds. Do not treat canon 60 as proof that this council fixed the New Testament.
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