Council of
Laodicea (c. 360)
A local council of the church in
union with Rome produced
a list of books of the Bible
similar to the Council of Trent's
canon. This was one of the
Church's earliest decisions on
a canon.
Council of Rome
(382)
Local church council under the
authority of Pope Damasus,
(366-384) gave a complete list of canonical books of the OT
and NT which is identical
with the list later approved by the
Council of Trent.
Council of Hippo
(393)
Local North African Church
council in union with and under
the authority of the Bishop of
Rome approved a list of OT
and NT canon same as later
approved by the Council
of Trent.