And this is even a problem that faces the development of the New Testament canon itself. If there's only one Jesus, why even four gospels, why not just one? So, by the late second and early third ...

The New Testament, published in Christian Bibles used ... and the story of how the four gospels became chosen as part of the canon, or accepted literature of the church, offers a fascinating ...

In one quote from St. Augustine, he even lists the canon of the Old Testament and it includes the books that are considered apocryphal by Protestantism. "Since, therefore, Christ was about to be ...

The 27 books of the New Testament did not emerge overnight but ... While bishops like Athanasius played a role in defining the canon, the process was largely organic, influenced by the popularity ...