Augustine of Hippo on Canon of the Old Testament
354 – 430 · LATIN FATHER
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Wider canon — deuterocanonical books included
THE POSITION
Accepted the wider canon including the deuterocanonical books, and the North African councils of Hippo and Carthage reflect his influence. This puts him in direct disagreement with Jerome, his contemporary.
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66 books — Apocrypha useful but not ScriptureATHANASIUS · CALVIN · JONATHAN EDWARDS · THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22 STATEMENT OF FAITH · JOSH HOWERTON · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · LUTHER · JOHN MACARTHUR · GAVIN ORTLUND · JOHN OWEN · JUSTIN PETERS · R.C. SPROUL · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION · ZWINGLI
Predates or straddles the settled disputeCHRYSOSTOM · IRENAEUS
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Bishop of Hippo. The single most influential theologian in Western Christianity; both Catholic and Reformed traditions claim him. Anti-Pelagian works, the Enchiridion, and On Baptism Against the Donatists.
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"Augustine of Hippo on Canon of the Old Testament", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/augustine/ot-canon (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/augustine/ot-canon).