The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books and letters, written by the early Christian community, and written primarily in [[Greek]]. The emphasis of the New Testament is the life, teachings, and gift of salvation from the central figure of the whole work, Jesus of Nazareth. These books are grouped into the following:
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The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books and letters, written by the early Christian community, and written primarily in [[Greek]]. The emphasis of the New Testament is the life, teachings, and gift of salvation from the central figure of the whole work, Jesus of Nazareth.
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According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia:
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::The books that compose it appeared ... in the second half of the first century. Written in different and distant countries and addressed to particular Churches, they took some time to spread throughout the whole of Christendom, and a much longer time to become accepted. The unification of the canon was not accomplished without much controversy. ... from the third century, or perhaps earlier, the existence of all the books [of] our New Testament was everywhere known, although they were not all universally admitted, at least as certainly canonical."<ref> [https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=8427 Catholic Encyclopaedia online]</ref>