Religion 212, Section 3, Annette Y. Reed

October 9, 2001

The New Testament (NT) Canon

Gospels

Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke (= Synoptic Gospels)

Gospel of John

Acts (written by author of the Gospel of Luke)

Pauline Epistles

            Romans (undisputably authentic)

            1 and 2 Corinthians (undisputably authentic)

            Ephesians (possibly deutero-Pauline)

            Philippians (undisputably authentic)

            Colossians (possibly deutero-Pauline)

            1 Thessalonians (undisputably authentic; probably earliest text in NT)

2 Thessalonians (possibly deutero-Pauline)

            1 and 2 Timothy, Titus (= Pastoral Epistles, definitely written later)

            Philemon (undisputably authentic)

General Epistles or “Catholic Epistles”:

            Hebrews

            James

            1 and 2 Peter

            1, 2, and 3 John

Revelation