There are 27 books in the New Testament

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Class notes
Things you should know About the New Testament

• There are 27 books in the New Testament
• There are four major parts/genres
• Gospels
• Church History
• Letters
• Apocalypse
• The major character is Jesus Christ.
• The reason we should read the New Testament is
  that it gives us a reliable source to use to
  make good ethical choices, develop sound
  relationships and get a reliable history of Jesus
  Christ and the church.
• A canon is the standard by which religious
  beliefs or documents are to be judged. It mainly
  refers to the standard that was used to determine
  what books should belong in the bible.

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The canon is the standard by which the books of
the bible were judged to be acceptable. The
criteria was