Two church councils, local and hence not ecumenical
or
worldwide councils, Hippo (in north Africa), 393 AD, and
Carthage (also in north Africa), 397 AD, from which Protestants
and Evangelicals take as the authority for their
canon of the
New Testament, 27 books, approved the Alexandrian
canon of
the Greek Septuagint, 46 books, as the canon for the
Old
Testament.
New
Testament canon: 27 books
Old
Testament canon: 46 books
The
Septuagint
The
Alexandrian Canon
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