{"id":498,"date":"2025-09-21T22:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnschalice.org\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2025-10-05T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:48:01","slug":"the-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnschalice.org\/?page_id=498","title":{"rendered":"The New Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page describes the New Testament in chronological order of when they were first written and generally published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The books of the New Testament were written sometime between the 40&#8217;s AD and 90&#8217;s AD, starting with the Letters of Paul, followed by the Gospels, and concluding with the Letters of John and Revelations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authors of the New Testament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Saul of Tarsus <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul was in his late twenties or early thirties when he met Jesus in a vision along the Demascus Road, shortly after Jesus&#8217; death and resurrection, around 34-36AD.  Paul was an anti-Christian tax collector and bounty hunter prior to this meeting, at which time he converted to Christianity.  Paul&#8217;s letters were some of the earliest attempts at documenting and spreading the word of Jesus and were some of the first books written in the New Testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>James, a brother of Jesus, is attributed to authoring the first book written for the New Testament in his letter to &#8220;The Twelve Tribes of the Dispersion&#8221; (40AD &#8211; 50AD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jude<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A brother of Jesus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books of the New Testament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(In Chronological Order)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James I<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>James, the brother of Jesus, writes a letter to the &#8220;Diaspora&#8221; mostly about the conduct Christians should adhere to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul&#8217;s Letters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I Thessalonians<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Gospels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Written in Rome around 50AD by Mark the Evangelist, a friend and companion of the Apostle Peter.  Many historians agree that this was the fist of the 4 Gospels to be written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is considerable disagreement about who the author was, and when it was written.  It could have been written by the Apostle Matthew or a confidant of his in the 50&#8217;s AD.  There is also speculation that it could have been written later based on a now lost source from Matthew.  There is historical evidence that the Apostle Andrew left a copy of the Gospel of Matthew in India, no later than 70AD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 3rd of the &#8220;Synoptic&#8221; Gospels, Luke was a companion of Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Evidence suggests that the narrative presented in the Gospel of John may have been subjected to edits, with the final version as we know it being from the 90&#8217;s AD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page describes the New Testament in chronological order of when they were first written and generally published. The books of the New Testament were written sometime between the 40&#8217;s AD and 90&#8217;s AD, starting with the Letters of Paul, followed by the Gospels, and concluding with the Letters of John and Revelations. 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