Please my follower Christian in the house am confused about compilation of the bible. I know the bible was written by different authors but who choose the books that makes up the bible.

This is nairaland not Google okay

Catholic Church,google it for full details

The earliest indications of the Old
Testament canon come from the
time of Ezra and Nehemiah and
suggest that the process had begun
during the Babylonian captivity
(605-535 BC) with the Torah (the 1st 5 Books of the Bible). But the
process was probably not complete
until sometime in the 2nd Century
BC. Deciding which books were to be included was done by senior priests based on general agreement that each book was authentic (written by the person identified as its author) and divinely inspired.

The 39 books of the Old Testament
form the Bible of Judaism, while the
Christian Bible includes those books
and also the 27 books of the New
Testament. This list of books
included in the Bible is known as the
canon. That is, the canon refers to
the books regarded as inspired by
God and authoritative for faith and
life. No church created the canon,
but the churches and councils
gradually accepted the list of books
recognized by believers everywhere
as inspired.

It was actually not until 367 AD that
the church father Athanasius first
provided the complete listing of the
66 books belonging to the canon.
He distinguished those from other
books that were widely circulated
and he noted that those 66 books
were the ones, and the only ones,
universally accepted.

The point is that the formation of
the canon did not come all at
once like a thunderbolt, but was
the product of centuries of
reflection.

Let's look first at the Old Testament.
Obviously the first five books
(sometimes called the Torah or the
Pentateuch) were the first to be
accepted as canonical.We're not
sure when this occurred, but it was
probably during the fifth century
before Christ. Of course, the
Hebrews had the "Law" for many
centuries already, but they certainly
did not pay very good attention to it.
It was probably the work of the
prophets Ezra and Nehemiah that
restored it to general use and fixed it
once and for all as authoritative.

How about the rest of the Old
Testament? The prophets' writings
were also not brought together in a
single form until about 200 BC. The
remaining Old Testament books
were adopted as canonical even
later. The Old Testament list was
probably not finally fixed much
before the birth of Christ. The Jewish
people were widely scattered by this
time and they really needed to know
which books were the authoritative
Word of God because so many other
writings claiming divine authority
were floating around. With the fixing
of the canon they became a people
of one Book, and this Book kept
them together.
Nor is there a single date when we
can say that the canon of the New
Testament was decided. In the first
and second centuries after Christ,
many, many writings and epistles
were circulating among the
Christians. Some of the churches
were using books and letters in their
services that were definitely
spurious.

Gradually the need to have
a definite list of the inspired
Scriptures became apparent.
Heretical movements were rising,
each one choosing its own selected
Scriptures, including such
documents as the Gospel of Thomas,
the Shepherd of Hermas, the
Apocalypse of Peter, and the Epistle
of Barnabas.
Gradually it became clear which
works were truly genuine and which
mixed truth with fantasy. By the end
of the fourth century the canon was
definitively settled and accepted. In
this process Christians recognize the
providence of God in providing us
with his written revelation of himself
and his purpose with the universe.

Questions still arise now and then
about the canon. Some wonder why
just these 66 booklets were chosen.
Why not 65 or 67? Why was the
sometimes puzzling booklet of Jude
included to the exclusion of other
edifying scriptures? To these
questions we reply that these books
are the ones that God himself has
chosen to preserve for us, and he
has not told us exactly why. Together
they form an immeasurable
treasure, and in them we find God's
matchless gift to his people. Here we
are moved simply to trust in his
providence as he led his people
through the years and gave us the
most honored and powerful and
comforting volume in the history of
humanity, the book known as the
Bible.

And in his providence he has
provided this treasure for you as
well. Take up its ancient words and
mandates and live by them! As you
steep yourself in its pages, your heart will find peace at last.
http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/bible-faqs/how-were-the-books-of-the-bible-chosen/

Dp

malvisguy212:
The earliest indications of the Old
Testament canon come from the
time of Ezra and Nehemiah and
suggest that the process had begun
during the Babylonian captivity
(605-535 BC) with the Torah (the 1st 5 Books of the Bible). But the
process was probably not complete
until sometime in the 2nd Century
BC. Deciding which books were to be included was done by senior priests based on general agreement that each book was authentic (written by the person identified as its author) and divinely inspired.

The 39 books of the Old Testament
form the Bible of Judaism, while the
Christian Bible includes those books
and also the 27 books of the New
Testament. This list of books
included in the Bible is known as the
canon. That is, the canon refers to
the books regarded as inspired by
God and authoritative for faith and
life. No church created the canon,
but the churches and councils
gradually accepted the list of books
recognized by believers everywhere
as inspired.

It was actually not until 367 AD that
the church father Athanasius first
provided the complete listing of the
66 books belonging to the canon.
He distinguished those from other
books that were widely circulated
and he noted that those 66 books
were the ones, and the only ones,
universally accepted.

The point is that the formation of
the canon did not come all at
once like a thunderbolt, but was
the product of centuries of
reflection.

Let's look first at the Old Testament.
Obviously the first five books
(sometimes called the Torah or the
Pentateuch) were the first to be
accepted as canonical.We're not
sure when this occurred, but it was
probably during the fifth century
before Christ. Of course, the
Hebrews had the "Law" for many
centuries already, but they certainly
did not pay very good attention to it.
It was probably the work of the
prophets Ezra and Nehemiah that
restored it to general use and fixed it
once and for all as authoritative.

How about the rest of the Old
Testament? The prophets' writings
were also not brought together in a
single form until about 200 BC. The
remaining Old Testament books
were adopted as canonical even
later. The Old Testament list was
probably not finally fixed much
before the birth of Christ. The Jewish
people were widely scattered by this
time and they really needed to know
which books were the authoritative
Word of God because so many other
writings claiming divine authority
were floating around. With the fixing
of the canon they became a people
of one Book, and this Book kept
them together.
Nor is there a single date when we
can say that the canon of the New
Testament was decided. In the first
and second centuries after Christ,
many, many writings and epistles
were circulating among the
Christians. Some of the churches
were using books and letters in their
services that were definitely
spurious.

Gradually the need to have
a definite list of the inspired
Scriptures became apparent.
Heretical movements were rising,
each one choosing its own selected
Scriptures, including such
documents as the Gospel of Thomas,
the Shepherd of Hermas, the
Apocalypse of Peter, and the Epistle
of Barnabas.
Gradually it became clear which
works were truly genuine and which
mixed truth with fantasy. By the end
of the fourth century the canon was
definitively settled and accepted. In
this process Christians recognize the
providence of God in providing us
with his written revelation of himself
and his purpose with the universe.

Questions still arise now and then
about the canon. Some wonder why
just these 66 booklets were chosen.
Why not 65 or 67? Why was the
sometimes puzzling booklet of Jude
included to the exclusion of other
edifying scriptures? To these
questions we reply that these books
are the ones that God himself has
chosen to preserve for us, and he
has not told us exactly why. Together
they form an immeasurable
treasure, and in them we find God's
matchless gift to his people. Here we
are moved simply to trust in his
providence as he led his people
through the years and gave us the
most honored and powerful and
comforting volume in the history of
humanity, the book known as the
Bible.

And in his providence he has
provided this treasure for you as
well. Take up its ancient words and
mandates and live by them! As you
steep yourself in its pages, your heart will find peace at last.
http://www.biblica.com/en-us/bible/bible-faqs/how-were-the-books-of-the-bible-chosen/

Stop beating about the bush, the Bible was compiled by the council of Nicaea, by Catholic Church under the watch of Roman emperor constantine I in constantinipole, Nicaea in AD 325;The foundation of Christian belief was founded in Nicene Creed after the council of 7 ecumenical churches headed by pope

Nicene Creed[edit]
Main article: Nicene Creed

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381.
One of the projects undertaken by the Council was the creation of a Creed, a declaration and summary of the Christian faith. Several creeds were already in existence; many creeds were acceptable to the members of the council, including Arius. From earliest times, various creeds served as a means of identification for Christians, as a means of inclusion and recognition, especially at baptism.
In Rome, for example, the Apostles' Creed was popular, especially for use in Lent and the Easter season. In the Council of Nicaea, one specific creed was used to define the Church's faith clearly, to include those who professed it, and to exclude those who did not.
Some distinctive elements in the Nicene Creed, perhaps from the hand of Hosius of Cordova, were added. Some elements were added specifically to counter the Arian point of view.[11][47]
Jesus Christ is described as "God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God", proclaiming his divinity.
Jesus Christ is said to be "begotten, not made", asserting that he was not a mere creature, brought into being out of nothing, but the true Son of God, brought into being 'from the substance of the Father'.
He is said to be "of one being with The Father". Eusebius of Caesarea ascribes the term homoousios, or consubstantial, i.e., "of the same substance" (of the Father), to Constantine who, on this particular point, may have chosen to exercise his authority. The significance of this clause, however, is extremely ambiguous, and the issues it raised would be seriously controverted in the future.
At the end of the creed came a list of anathemas, designed to repudiate explicitly the Arians' stated claims.
The view that 'there was once that when he was not' was rejected to maintain the co-eternity of the Son with the Father.
The view that he was 'mutable or subject to change' was rejected to maintain that the Son just like the Father was beyond any form of weakness or corruptibility, and most importantly that he could not fall away from absolute moral perfection.
Thus, instead of a baptismal creed acceptable to both the Arians and their opponents the council promulgated one which was clearly opposed to Arianism and incompatible with the distinctive core of their beliefs. The text of this profession of faith is preserved in a letter of Eusebius to his congregation, in Athanasius, and elsewhere. Although the most vocal of anti-Arians, the Homoousians (from the Koine Greek word translated as "of same substance" which was condemned at the Council of Antioch in 264–268), were in the minority, the Creed was accepted by the council as an expression of the bishops' common faith and the ancient faith of the whole Church.
Bishop Hosius of Cordova, one of the firm Homoousians, may well have helped bring the council to consensus. At the time of the council, he was the confidant of the emperor in all Church matters. Hosius stands at the head of the lists of bishops, and Athanasius ascribes to him the actual formulation of the creed. Great leaders such as Eustathius of Antioch, Alexander of Alexandria, Athanasius, and Marcellus of Ancyra all adhered to the Homoousian position.
In spite of his sympathy for Arius, Eusebius of Caesarea adhered to the decisions of the council, accepting the entire creed. The initial number of bishops supporting Arius was small. After a month of discussion, on June 19, there were only two left: Theonas of Marmarica in Libya, and Secundus of Ptolemais. Maris of Chalcedon, who initially supported Arianism, agreed to the whole creed. Similarly, Eusebius of Nicomedia and Theognis of Nice also agreed, except for the certain statements.
The Emperor carried out his earlier statement: everybody who refused to endorse the Creed would be exiled. Arius, Theonas, and Secundus refused to adhere to the creed, and were thus exiled to Illyria, in addition to being excommunicated. The works of Arius were ordered to be confiscated and consigned to the flames while all persons found possessing them were to be executed.[48] Nevertheless, the controversy continued in various parts of the empire.[49]
The Creed was amended to a new version by the First Council of Constantinople in 381.

OP, the compilation was done by Eusebuiz. Google it. The hated catholic church did the early foundation work for the faith.

Rayhut:

Stop beating about the bush, the Bible was compiled by the council of Nicaea, by Catholic Church under the watch of Roman emperor constantine I in constantinipole, Nicaea in AD 325;The foundation of Christian belief was founded in Nicene Creed after the council of 7 ecumenical churches headed by pope

The Creed that saved the Christian faith when heresies were bent on disrupting the foundation of Christianity in fourth century.

We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.