О подлинных книгах богодухновенного писания

Constantly train your tongue and mind in God’s words! And God, as a reward for your labors, gives you either to see some hidden meaning in them, or, even better, to come into contrition when reading the great commandments of the pure God; or, thirdly, by such activities He diverts your thought from earthly things. But so that your mind is not deceived by foreign books (for there are many counterfeit books, unjustly included in the Scriptures), accept from me, my dear, the following correct enumeration! All historical books of ancient Jewish wisdom are twelve: the very first book is Genesis, then Exodus and Leviticus, then Numbers, then Deuteronomy, then Jesus and Judges. The eighth book is Ruth; and the ninth and tenth books are the Acts of the Kings, Chronicles, and the last book you will have is Ezra. There are five books written in verse; of which the first is Job, then David, then the three books of Solomon: Ecclesiastes, Song and Proverbs. Likewise the five books and the prophetic Spirit. One composition contains twelve prophets: Hosea, Amos and the third Micah, then Joel, then Jonah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, then Zechariah and Malachi - and this is one book; and the second is Isaiah, then Jeremiah, called from infancy, then Ezekiel and the grace of Daniel. I have offered you twenty-two Old Testament books, they are equal in number to the Hebrew letters. And now I will list the books and the new sacrament. Matthew described the miracles of Christ for the Jews, Mark for Italy, Luke for Achaia, and the great and heavenly preacher John for everyone. Then follow the Acts of the Wise Apostles; fourteen epistles of Paul, and seven of the Council, including one of James, two of Peter, three again of John, and the seventh of Judah. Now you all have books; and those who exist besides them are not among the genuine ones. You might be interested in: