Development of the New Testament canon

For the Jewish canon, see Development of the Hebrew Bible canon. For the Old Testament canon, see Development of the Old Testament canon.
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The canon of the New Testament is the set of books many modern Christians regard as divinely inspired and constituting the New Testament of the Christian Bible. For most churches, the canon is an agreed-upon list of 27 books[1] that includes the canonical Gospels, Acts, letters attributed to various apostles, and Revelation.

Although the list of what books constituted the canon (i.e., list of books to read out in church) initially differed among the geographically-separated churches in antiquity, according to ancient church historian Eusebius, there is a consensus that the 27 books constituting the canon today are the same 27 books generally recognized in the first centuries.[2]

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  2. ^ Ferguson, Everett (2013). Church History, Volume 1:From Christ to the Pre-Reformation. Zondervan Academic. ISBN 9780310516576.