How the New Testament Came Together

How The New Testament Came Together

The Greek word canon can be translated as a straight rod or a carpenter's tool of measurement. The Christian religion in its early stages used the canon with considerable vagueness. Later the canon came to be a testing rule in many areas of life. Eventually the general idea of a canon was applied to the God inspired writings, thus receiving the name "Canon of the Scriptures."

The New Testament canon was slowly compiled though out the years from books that were written well after Jesus’ ascension into heaven. The work of the apostles was to convey and provide a personal testimony to the principal details of Jesus’ Gospel and teaching history. The teachings of the Apostles were at first oral, and it was not their intention to develop a literature that billions would follow for centuries after. Though out history many devout followers toiled to commit this oral Gospel in to readable text. When the apostles went to be with the Lord in the Kingdom of Heaven, it became extremely important that the records be committed to text. Thus the Gospels came into existence, two are confirmed written