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The books are traditionally classified into categories:

The books are traditionally classified into categories:

*The four [[Gospel]]s (literally "Good news"): accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus, consisting of the gospels attributed to [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John]] (rather than up to sixteen known others of similar attribution).

*The four [[Gospel]]s (literally "Good news"): accounts of the life and ministry of [[Jesus]], consisting of the gospels attributed to [[Matthew]], [[Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John]] (rather than up to sixteen known others of similar attribution).

*[[The Acts of the Apostles]] (or just "Acts") (which J. B. Phillips evocatively called "The Young Church In Action,") which concerns the ministry of the Apostles after the death of Christ. It is similar in language and style to, and reads as a continuation of, the Gospel of [[Luke]].

*[[The Acts of the Apostles]] (or just "Acts") (which J. B. Phillips evocatively called "The Young Church In Action,") which concerns the ministry of the Apostles after the death of Christ. It is similar in language and style to, and reads as a continuation of, the Gospel of [[Luke]].

*The Epistles (which J. B. Phillips called "Letters to Young Churches,") ''Romans'' through ''Jude'', consisting of fourteen letters attributed to St. Paul and seven by other writers.

*The Epistles (which J. B. Phillips called "Letters to Young Churches,") ''Romans'' through ''Jude'', consisting of fourteen letters attributed to St. Paul and seven by other writers.

*[[The Book of Revelation]] (or just "Revelation,") the prophetic book which ends the New Testament. It is also known as "the Apocalypse" (Greek for 'revelation') - though many such apocalyses, both Christian and Jewish, were in fact in circulation at the time.  It is somewhat similar in style to the Old Testament book of [[Daniel]] (from which it borrows), and tells of the end of the world, including Armageddon, Judgment Day, and the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven, but despite Jesus' thrice repeated promise in it that 'I shall come very soon', opinions vary as to whether it refers to  supposedly imminent events set amid the then Roman Empire or to the far future.

*[[The Book of Revelation]] (or just "Revelation,") the prophetic book which ends the New Testament. It is also known as "the Apocalypse" (Greek for 'revelation') - though many such apocalyses, both Christian and Jewish, were in fact in circulation at the time.  It is somewhat similar in style to the [[Old Testament]] book of [[Daniel]] (from which it borrows), and tells of the end of the world, including [[Armageddon]], Judgment Day, and the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven, but despite Jesus' thrice repeated promise in it that 'I shall come very soon', opinions vary as to whether it refers to  supposedly imminent events set amid the then Roman Empire or to the far future.

As with the Old Testament, the chapter and verse divisions and numbers of the various books are not original, but of purely medieval origin.

As with the Old Testament, the chapter and verse divisions and numbers of the various books are not original, but of purely medieval origin.