When was the New Testament finalized?

“It is normally assumed by scholars … that the canon of the New Testament came into existence sometime in the early or middle second century, and was finalized in the fourth century. This guessing is patently not true. Early Christian scholars did not believe such teaching. read more

Regarding the Books of the Bible (both Old Testament and New Testament), the final decision of the Church came in the council of Trent in 1546. read more

These groups believe that the New Testament supports that Paul (2 Timothy 4:11–13), Peter (2 Peter 3:15–16), and ultimately John (Revelation 22:18–19) finalized the canon of the New Testament. Some note that Peter, John, and Paul wrote 20 (or 21) of the 27-books of the NT and personally knew all the other NT writers. read more

30–100 CE: The earliest New Testament works, Paul’s Epistles, appear, probably pre-dating the writing of any of the Gospels. Paul never quotes a written work about Jesus. 95 CE: Clement of Rome refers to the “Words of Jesus” but doesn’t quote writings. read more