A local council of the church in union with Rome produced a list of books of the Bible similar to the Council of Trent's canon. This was one of the Church's earliest decisions on a canon. The ancient Vulgate edition of the Bible was called the authoritative edition of the Bible. Reaffirmed the decree of Trent. Commends modern critical methods in biblical studies.
All biblical interpretation rests upon the literal sense.
Goal of biblical studies is to learn spiritual perfection, to arm oneself to defend the faith, to preach the word of God fruitfully. Permitted scholars to use original text of Scriptures. No claim was made that the Vulgate is always an accurate translation, but that it is free from any errors in faith or morals. Literary criticism should be employed. By Paul Flanagan and Robert Schihl .