The Verses of St Gregory the Theologian on the Scriptures
Received as one canon: the saint’s verses naming the genuine books of Holy Scripture.
The one canon of this collection, in the public domain rendering.
Canon 1The books of Scripture
Strongly supportedLet not other books seduce your mind: for many malignant writings have been disseminated. The historical books are twelve in number by the Hebrew count, then follow the names of the books of the Old Testament but Esther is omitted, one Esdras, and all the Deutero-Canonical books . Thus there are twenty-two books of the Old Testament which correspond to the Hebrew letters. The number of the books of the New Mystery are Matthew, who wrote the Miracles of Christ for the Hebrews; Mark for Italy; Luke, for Greece; John, the enterer of heaven, was a preacher to all, then the Acts, the xiv. Epistles of Paul, the vii. Catholic Epistles, and so you have all the books. If there is any beside these, do not repute it genuine.
Source & text status
Full text: H. R. Percival (ed.), The Seven Ecumenical Councils (Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, vol. 14, 1900), public domain, with the Ancient Epitome where the edition prints it. Numbering: for the Apostolic canons the Pedalion numbering is used and edition variances are noted on the canon; elsewhere the NPNF printing is followed, which in a few collections (notably Carthage and Sardica) counts differently from the Pedalion.
Full canonical texts, Greek and public domain English, in St Nikodemos' Pēdalion and in Rhalles and Potles, Σύνταγμα; the public domain English of the councils in Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, vol. 14.