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Jerome mentioned the synod twice, but only in passing. [3]The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church states: [1]. A council probably held at Rome in 382 under St. Damasus gave a complete list of the canonical books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament (also known as the 'Gelasian Decree' because it was reproduced by Gelasius in 495), which is identical with the list given at Trent.
Pope Damasus I (/ ˈ d æ m ə s ə s /; c. 305 – 11 December 384), also known as Damasus of Rome, [1] was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death in 384. It is claimed that he presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture.
Similarly, the Catholic Encyclopedia links the Decree to the Council of Rome of 382 and its definition of the canon: [9] St. Jerome, a rising light in the Church, though but a simple priest, was summoned by Pope Damasus from the East, where he was pursuing sacred lore, to assist at an eclectic, but not ecumenical, synod at Rome in the year 382.
The Synod of Rome may refer to a number of synods or councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in Rome. Some of these synods include: Synod of Rome (313), attended by the bishop of Beneventum, and Reticius, bishop of Autun; Council of Rome (382), a meeting of Christian Church officials and theologians under the authority of Pope Damasus I
The Catholic Church currently considers these the successors of Peter, whom they consider the first pope, and through whom following popes would claim authority. [ 12 ] The evolution of earlier tradition established both Peter and Paul as the forefathers of the bishops of Rome, from whom they received their position as chief shepherd (Peter ...
The San Damaso Ecclesiastical University is a catholic university erected by the Holy See in the Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain). It teaches Philosophy, Theology, Classical Philology, Canon Law and Religion Sciences with official validity in all the universities of the Catholic Church. Its name is taken from the Pope Damasus I.
Pope Damasus I is often considered to be the father of the Catholic canon. Purporting to date from a " Council of Rome " under Pope Damasus I in 382, the so-called "Damasian list" appended to the Decretum Gelasianum [ 86 ] gives the same list as that which would be accepted by Canon of Trent [ 87 ] and, though the text may in fact not be ...
Below the altar are the relics of Pope Eutychian and Pope Damasus I. To the left of the altar is a copy of a statue of St. Hippolytus of Rome; the original is a restored antique statue in the Vatican Library. Tradition holds that St. Lawrence instigated the conversion of St. Hippolytus to the Catholic Faith.