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How Did the New Testament Form?
The 27 books of the New Testament did not emerge overnight but were the result of centuries of debate, circulation, and gradual consensus among early Christian communities. While bishops like ...
The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians ... the terms "Old" and "New" Testaments also designate the sacred books of each.
The New Testament like the Old Testament has also a threefold division: 1) Historical books (the Gospels and the Acts); 2) Didactic writings (the fourteen Pauline Epistles and the seven Catholic ...
Hundreds of books are also summarized annually. Now in its seventh decade, NTA, a publication of CSTM has become the definitive source on current literature devoted to research of the New Testament ...
The term “Old Testament” is a loaded one since it assumes the existence of a “new” testament — an ... While learning the order of the books in this collection may seem as simple as ...