Kanon

Kanon

is one of the names by which the official list or register of the Church is known. It is also frequently spoken of as Κατάλογος Ἱερατικός , List Of the priesthood, and hence spiritual persons were denominated Κανονικοί , canonici, and Οἱ Τοῦ Κανόνος , Men Of The Canon, because their names were entered in the list. The word Κανών had also other significations. The assent of the catechumens to a summary of the leading articles of the Christian faith was required, and this creed was variously designated; sometimes Κανών , the rule, sometimes Πίστις , The Faith, and Symbolum, a badge or token (see Riddle, Christian Antiquities, S. Y.). (See Canon).