ber of books belonging to the Old Testament Philastrius, who is against the admission of Ecclesiasticus into the Scripture canon Philo Judæus, concerning the

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great care and resolution which the Jews had to preserve the records of the Old Testament entirely Philippus, the Greek solitary, attesting for us G. Phranza, of the proceedings in the Council of Basil against Pope Eugenius IV. And of the same Pope's proceedings in the Council at Florence with the Greek Emperor and some of his Bishops

[Joh.] Fr. Picus, confessing that Antoninus giveth testimony for us

[Idem] Joh. [Fr.] Picus, Count of Mirandula, adhering firmly to S. Hierome herein, whom the Church followeth

And alleging his authority as a rule to all others

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Primasius, an African Bishop, continuing to assert the Hebrew canon there, after the time of the Council at Carthage

Prosper of Aquitaine, concerning the time when S. Augustine was first made a Bishop

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Rabanus Maurus, following S. Hierome, and transcribing Isidore

Radulphus Flaviacensis, excepting against Tobit, Judith, and the Maccabees, as books of an inferior order Richardus de S. Victore, agreeing with Hugo, that the apocryphal books are not in the canon

Ruffinus, his clear testimony

for the ancient canon of the Bible which we retain He was first S. Hierome's beloved friend, and afterwards his professed enemy: yet herein he agreed with him, and followed the common belief of the Church Was suspected without cause to follow Origen's errors, which procured him more obloquy than either he or Origen deserved

The high commendation for his learning and sanctity, which Gennadius gave him clv. Rupertus, plainly denying the book of Wisdom to be canonical Scripture, and allowing but twenty-four books to the Old Testament

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Fr. Feuardentius, excepting against the testimony of Josephus

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