We have the nicene creed

also, who dictates what Books belong in the Bible?

And we have the Westminister confession of faith

Well the early councils decided that didn't they man

We have used what was used since then haven't we

For almost 2000 years

>Well the early councils decided that didn't they man
what did he mean by this

Ok

The bible in its current 66 books form came to be over many years very early on in the church bro

I mean unless you have some greater insight into the matter

I'd love to hear

But who allowed that?

You're asking a pretty broad question that has been covered at lengths in varous books by people way more knowledgable of the subject than you or me man

I'm curious, what about yourself and your background man

You said you're orthodox

Actually no, wasn't it Eccumenial Councils?

and idk what you want from me, I'm Orthodox, yeah

ok

Well um, actually after having done some reading, i don't really know you can point to a specific point in history where suddenly bam we had the new testament. It was a historical process or development.

actually it took a couple of hundred years to get Revelations in

But for the really councils in use by the eastern church it was the septuagint

because greek was still relatively common

what does a translation have to do with anything?

ok

So, because most of the world at the point in history around the mediteranean was greek speaking

The Septuagint was the greek translation of the old testament (including the Torah)

This included several deutro-canonical books

Like Maccabees and Esdras

The New Testament likewise was composed almost entirely in greek

The only book that wasn't originally hebrew was daniel which was written in Aramaic

This matters because since the early church still was largely greek speaking, the canon already included the Old testament (ie the Septuagint)

With the various letters and books of the new Testament being really, really widespread

the letters being the Epistle I assume

As in, we literally have the best textual evidence for it because theres just so many damn copies and manuscripts

yes, correct

The use of the current canon as it currently stands was pretty concrete pretty early on, because it is referenced by different authors

Along with manuscripts like Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrianus

So, nah bro. No council really

Just the Holy Spirit at work orchestrating the effort of God's holy scripture coming together

I'm going to research myself

No worries man