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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.
Athanasius' 39th Festal Letter, written in 367, is widely regarded as a milestone in the evolution of the canon of New Testament books. [49] Some claim that Athanasius is the first person to identify the same 27 books of the New Testament that are in use today. Up until then, various similar lists of works to be read in churches were in use.
The Old and New Testament canons did not develop independently of each other and most primary sources for the canon specify both Old and New Testament books. [ citation needed ] For the biblical scripture for both Testaments, canonically accepted in major traditions of Christendom , see § Canons of various traditions .
The process of canonization of the New Testament was complex and lengthy. ... In his Easter letter of 367, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, ...
Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296 ... of Jesus according to the New Testament. ... published on the occasion of Venerini's canonization in 2006, "Wherever a new ...
Debates on what works should be accepted as scripture would continue. The earliest version of the eventual consensus New Testament canon did not occur until 367, when bishop Athanasius of Alexandria in his annual Easter letter composed a list that is still recognized today as the canon of 27 books. [1]
Copied and widely read in the Early Church, [11] First Clement had been considered by some as part of the New Testament canon, e.g., listed as canonical in Canon 85 of the Canons of the Apostles, [12] among other early canons of the New Testament, showing that it had canonical rank in at least some regions of early Christendom.
The oldest list of books for the New Testament canon is the Muratorian fragment dating to c. 170. It shows that by 200 there existed a set of Christian writings somewhat similar [vague] to what is now the 27-book New Testament, which included the four gospels. [87]