A biblical canon

A biblical canon is a list published by a religious authority of those books of the Bible that are considered inspired by God. Biblical works excluded from a particular canon are considered apocryphal; however, many disputed works considered "apocryphal" by some Churches are considered 'deuterocanonical', or fully canonical, by others. There are differences between the Jewish and Christian canons, and between the canons of different Christian traditions. The differing criteria and processes of canonization dictate what the communities regard as the inspired books.