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The canonization of the New Testament involved several stages over centuries. Early Christians accepted the Old Testament and looked to the apostles as authorities. Their writings were gathered and copied, with the four gospels and Pauline letters widely circulated by the 2nd century. Figures like Marcion and Origen began categorizing texts as accepted or disputed. The 27-book New Testament canon was largely fixed by the 4th century through the work of church leaders, based on criteria like apostolic author

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Alvin Alexander

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