The New Testament is a collection of 27 books, all written in Greek within the first century A.D. Twenty-three of these books were written by the Apostles of Jesus ChristJesus Christ is the Son of the creator God, sharing in the same nature as God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. As Jesus says, "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30; NASB), two were written by Dr. Luke a ChristianAccording to the Bible, Christians are those that put their faith in Jesus Christ and follow him as Lord and King of their lives. To reject that Jesus is not equal in nature with God or reject the teaching of the Trinity of God would forfeit anyone's claim to be called Christian. (Acts 11:26, 26:28;... More medical doctor who traveled with the Apostle Paul, and two books were written by James the brother of Jesus, a leader at the church in Jerusalem and who spent time with the Apostle Paul. These books were compiled by the ChristianAccording to the Bible, Christians are those that put their faith in Jesus Christ and follow him as Lord and King of their lives. To reject that Jesus is not equal in nature with God or reject the teaching of the Trinity of God would forfeit anyone's claim to be called Christian. (Acts 11:26, 26:28;... More church in a selection process between the second and third centuries A.D. and determined to be the inspired words of God. These books were then finalized to create a canon of ScripturesThe Scriptures, as spoken of on this site, represents the 66 books found in the Protestant Bible, with 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books found in the New Testament. It is our view that these books were written between 1446 BC and 96 AD, representing a time span of about 1,500 years, by the ..., which we now call the New Testament of the Bible – a collection of books – by the ChristianAccording to the Bible, Christians are those that put their faith in Jesus Christ and follow him as Lord and King of their lives. To reject that Jesus is not equal in nature with God or reject the teaching of the Trinity of God would forfeit anyone's claim to be called Christian. (Acts 11:26, 26:28;... More church in the sixteenth century. This completed the Protestant Bible with a final collection of 66 books made up of both the Old and New Testaments.
It should be noted that the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches have added some additional books to their canon, known as the Apocrypha books. The Apocrypha books make no claims of being inspired by God and were written by unknown Jewish authors between 420 B.C. and 27 A.D., the period between the Old and New Testaments.
