Annotation CCLXII

”God has set in the Church first apostles.” — 1 Corinthians 12:28

Whether only the scriptures approved by the apostles are canonical.

Thomas Cajetan, in the commentaries: “As the SUPREME members,” he says, “he explains the Apostles. For to them looks the universal governance of the Church, not only by word and action, but also by scripture. Whence

—only [those things] written by the Apostles, or approved by them, have the authority of sacred scripture.” Ambrose [of Compsa], [in] the first book of the Annotations, says that the last part of this opinion is opposed to the authority of the Church — which receives, as canonical, certain scriptures which it is not established were either published by the Apostles, or ever approved by them, and places [them] among the sacred volumes.