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Cannon means the " Means of undisputable facts proving the inerrancy of scripture from independent confirmations confirming the Divinity of the Holy Scriptures written under inspiration, proven and tested"

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standard, those books that are accepted by the church as genuine.

The term Canon originally meant measuring rule, hence standard. In Theology its chief application is to those books received as authoritative and rendering our Bible.
the biblical account believed to be inspired word of God, is what is know as canon books

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