The 27 books of the New Testament did not emerge overnight but were the result of centuries of debate, circulation, and gradual consensus among early Christian communities. While bishops like ...

The New Testament is an account of the pact between ... the terms "Old" and "New" Testaments also designate the sacred books of each.

Another part of the book, however, comes from a prophet who lived two hundred years later: Isaiah 40-55, famous in the New Testament (early Christians thought the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 ...