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The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity. The New Testament's background, the first division of the Christian Bible, is called the Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible; together they are regarded as sacred scripture by Christians.

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-The '''New Testament''' ([[Koine Greek]]: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, ''Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē'') is the second major part of the [[Christian biblical canons|Christian biblical canon]], the first part being the [[Old Testament]], which is based on the [[Hebrew Bible]]. The [[Koine Greek|Greek]] New Testament discusses the teachings at person of [[Jesus]], as well as events in [[Christianity in the 1st century|first-century Christianity]].  Christians regard both the Old and New Testaments together as [[Religious text|sacred scripture]].  The New Testament (in whole or in part) has frequently accompanied the [[Early centers of Christianity|spread of Christianity around the world]]. It reflects and serves as a source for [[Christian theology]] and [[morality]]. Both extended readings and phrases directly from the New Testament are also incorporated (along with readings from the Old Testament) into the various [[Christian liturgy|Christian liturgies]].  The New Testament has influenced religious, [[Philosophical movement|philosophical]], and [[Political movement|political]] [[Social movement|movements]] in [[Christendom]], and left an indelible mark on [[literature]], [[art]], and [[music]].
+The '''New Testament''' ('''NT''') is the second division of the [[Christian biblical canon]]. It discusses the teachings and person of [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus]], as well as events in [[Christianity in the 1st century|first-century Christianity]]. The New Testament's background, the first division of the Christian Bible, is called the [[Old Testament]], which is based primarily upon the [[Hebrew Bible]]; together they are regarded as [[Religious text|sacred scripture]] by Christians.
-The New Testament is an [[anthology]], a collection of Christian works written in the [[Koine Greek|common Greek language]] of the first century, at different times by various writers, who were early [[Jewish Christian|Jewish disciples]] of [[Jesus]]. In almost all Christian traditions today, the New Testament consists of 27 books. The original texts were written in the first and perhaps the second centuries of the [[Christian Era]], generally believed to be in [[Language of the New Testament|Koine Greek]], which was the [[Lingua franca|common language]] of the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] from the [[Wars of Alexander the Great|Conquests of Alexander the Great]] (335–323 BCE) until the evolution of [[Byzantine Greeks]] (c. 600).  All the works that eventually became incorporated into the New Testament seem to have been written no later than around 150 AD, and some scholars would date them all to no later than 70 CE or 80 CE.
-Collections of related texts such as [[Pauline epistles|letters]] of the [[Paul the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] (a major collection of which must have been made already by the early 2nd century) and the [[Canonical Gospels]] of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (asserted by [[Irenaeus|Irenaeus of Lyon]] in the late-2nd century as ''the'' Four Gospels) gradually were joined to other collections and single works in different combinations to [[Development of the Christian biblical canon|form various Christian canons of Scripture]]. Over time, some [[Antilegomena|disputed books]], such as the [[Book of Revelation]] and the [[General epistles|Minor Catholic (General) Epistles]] were introduced into [[Biblical canon|canons]] in which they were originally absent. Other works earlier held to be Scripture, such as [[1 Clement]], the [[Shepherd of Hermas]], and the [[Diatessaron]], were excluded from the New Testament. The Old Testament canon is not completely uniform among all major Christian groups including [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], [[Protestantism|Protestants]], the [[Greek Orthodox Church]], the [[Slavic Orthodox|Slavic Orthodox Churches]], and the [[Armenian Orthodox Church]]. However, the [[Development of the New Testament canon|twenty-seven-book canon]] of the New Testament, at least since [[Late Antiquity]], has been almost universally recognized within [[Christianity]] (see [[Development of the New Testament canon]]).
-The New Testament consists of
-*four narratives of the life, teaching, death and resurrection of [[Jesus]], called "[[gospel]]s" (or "good news" accounts);
-*a narrative of the [[Apostle (Christian)|Apostles]]' ministries in the [[Early Christianity|early church]], called the "[[Acts of the Apostles]]", and probably written by the same writer as the [[Gospel of Luke]], which it continues;
-*twenty-one letters, often called "[[epistles]]" in the biblical context, written by various authors, and consisting of Christian doctrine, counsel, instruction, and conflict resolution; and
-*an [[Apocalypse]], the [[Book of Revelation]], which is a [[Prophecy|book of prophecy]], containing some instructions to [[Seven churches of Asia|seven local congregations of Asia Minor]], but mostly containing prophetical [[symbology]], about the [[end times]].
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