Oddity in the Decretum Gelasianum

[japhy]

First, I want to mention how odd it is that neither the decisions from the councils of Carthage or Hippo, nor the statement of Pope Damasus I, nor the later statement of Pope Gelasius I, are found in Denzinger. (If they are, I must not be looking in the right places.) As far as I can tell, the earliest list of the Canon of Scripture in Denzinger is the list from the Council of Trent.

Second, in the Latin text of the Decretum Gelasianum, it says there are 14 letters of Paul, but the total (if you count) is only 13, and it only mentions one letter to Corinth. See these Latin texts: 1 2. In some English translations, I see the error (?) remains unchecked (see here), so that the number 14 is given, but the count adds up to 13; other translations correct the error (?) by listing two letters to Corinth (see here).

So, um, what gives?

 

[Pro_Domina]

Yar. That is tough. I would read the Latin text but it is kinda late for me here in Rome. I am only online because I need to make a phone call across the world into a wierd country little known by others called Civitates Americae Unitae.

 

[DL82]

First, I want to mention how odd it is that neither the decisions from the councils of Carthage or Hippo, nor the statement of Pope Damasus I, nor the later statement of Pope Gelasius I, are found in Denzinger. (If they are, I must not be looking in the right places.) As far as I can tell, the earliest list of the Canon of Scripture in Denzinger is the list from the Council of Trent.

Second, in the Latin text of the Decretum Gelasianum, it says there are 14 letters of Paul, but the total (if you count) is only 13, and it only mentions one letter to Corinth. See these Latin texts: 1 2. In some English translations, I see the error (?) remains unchecked (see here), so that the number 14 is given, but the count adds up to 13; other translations correct the error (?) by listing two letters to Corinth (see here).

So, um, what gives?

The Epistle to the Laodiceans was accepted by some in the early Church, and even made it in to some editions of the Vulgate. It was rejected not because heretical but because it was probably a forgery and said nothing not stated elsewhere in Paul’s letters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laodiceans

Also, the Epistle to the Hebrews used to be attributed to Paul, even though he isn’t mentioned in it. My Douay-Rheims Bible still calls it “The Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews”, though most modern scholars agree he didn’t write it.