CANON, signifying in Scripture a rule to walk by, or standard to judge by, was by the early Christians appropriated as a distinctive appellation of the inspired Scriptures, because they regarded them as the only rule of faith and practice. For the formation of the Canon, see BIBLE.
Paschal Canon, a table of the moveable feasts, showing the day of Easter, and the other feasts depending on it, for a cycle of nineteen years.