In A.D. 363, the Council of Laodicea stated that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the 27 books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches.
Mwaka wa A.D 363, kikao cha Laodikia kilisema kwamba Agano La Kale pekee (pamoja na vitabu 27 vya Agano Jipya ndivyo vingesomwa pekee katika makanisa.