Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that
whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not
to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article
of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical
Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never
any doubt in the Church.
_Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books_.
Genesis, The First Book of Chronicles,
Exodus, The Second Book of Chronicles,
Leviticus, The First Book of Esdras,
Numbers, The Second Book of Esdras,
Deuteronomy, The Book of Esther,
Joshua, The Book of Job,
Judges, The Psalms,
Ruth, The Proverbs,
The First Book of Samuel, Ecclesiastes or Preacher,
The Second Book of Samuel, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon,
The First Book of Kings, Four Prophets the greater,
The Second Book of Kings, Twelve Prophets the less.
And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for
example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not
apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following;
The Third Book of Esdras, Baruch the Prophet,
The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Song of the Three Children,
The Book of Tobias, The Story of Susanna,
The Book of Judith, Of Bel and the Dragon,
The rest of the Book of Esther, The Prayer of Manasses,
The Book of Wisdom, The First Book of Maccabees,
Jesus the Son of Sirach, The Second Book of Maccabees.
All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received,
we do receive, and account them Canonical.