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This document discusses the formation of the New Testament canon. It explains that the New Testament consists of 27 books that were selected from many early Christian writings. A complex process in the 4th century fixed the canon for both Eastern and Western churches. The canon contained 4 Gospels, Acts, 21 letters, and Revelation. Heretical movements like Gnosticism and Montanism pushed the early church to consolidate and delimit the canon to the apostolic texts in order to defend against claims of new rev
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- pishoi gerges
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