Gavin Ortlund on Canon of the Old Testament
LIVING · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
66 books — Apocrypha useful but not Scripture
THE POSITION
66 books, argued in direct engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.
WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONNo quotations. A living author's work cannot be quoted at length without permission, so these positions are paraphrased from published writing rather than reproduced.
13 OTHERS HOLD THIS
AthanasiusCalvinJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurJohn OwenJustin PetersR.C. SproulWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Wider canon — deuterocanonical books includedAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE
Predates or straddles the settled disputeCHRYSOSTOM · IRENAEUS
See all 21 figures on canon of the old testament →ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Pastor and author behind Truth Unites. Works on retrieving the church fathers for Protestants and on charitable engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.
READ ACROSS 8 LOCI, NONE QUOTED
Everything Gavin Ortlund holds →Cite this page
"Gavin Ortlund on Canon of the Old Testament", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ortlund/ot-canon (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ortlund/ot-canon).