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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"): [[Alleged Bible contradictions|varying]] 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<ref>James. M.R, ''The Apocryphal New Testament'' (Clarendon, Oxford, 1924</ref>, which were rejected by the early Church).

*The four [[Gospel]]s (literally "Good news"): [[Alleged Bible contradictions|varying]] 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<ref>James. M.R, ''The Apocryphal New Testament'' (Clarendon, Oxford, 1924)</ref>, which were rejected by the early Church).

*[[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]].

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.

==Sources==

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