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There are numerous gospels, epistles and books of instruction, such as the Didache, that were not included in the New Testament. Some were certainly considered, while others were seen as too different in theology to be accepted.
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The writings of Paul and other early Christians are collected in?
The New Testament is the most popular collection. However, there are also non-canonical writings attributed to Paul as well as to other Christians.
Were the books of the New Testament written to be in the Bible?
A:No. There was no concept of a canon of Christian scriptures, or 'New Testament' until the middle of the second century:Paul wrote his epistles simply as letters to churches or, in one case, a person named Philemon.The Gospel of Mark was written by an anonymous author to define early Christian knowledge about Jesus. Later gospels (Matthew, Luke and John) expanded and elaborated on Mark's Gospel to meet the theological needs of their times and communities, and were not necessarily seen by their authors as being read alongside other gospels.The epistles, other than Hebrews and Paul's epistles, are all considered to be pseudepigraphical and were written in order to have the instructions or ideas of their authors accepted by the Christian community as a whole. The authors might have been surprised could they have lived to see their writings included as scripture.Revelation was long disputed, but was eventually included in the New Testament just in case it was written by the apostle John.
How many Old Testament verses are quoted in the Gospels?
Depending upon who you read has done the counting, there are between 600 and 3,000 direct quotes, parphrases, allegories to the Old Testament Scripture in the Gospels and other writings of the New Testament. The Book of Isaiah is the most quoted and is sometimes referred to as the 'Little Bible.'
Why is Matthew considered a Jewish Christian Gospel?
The special emphasis of Matthew is that Jesus is the Messiah foretold by the Old Testament prophets. He quotes from and refers to the Old testament more often than any other New Testament author and seems to have had particularly Jewish readers in mind. This gospel does not name its author, but it has been accepted as the word of Matthew ever since the early church fathers, beginning with Papias, who was a student of the apostle John.
Does the bible say you should attend church?
The Bible, in the New Testament, teaches that the Christian believers ARE the church. It states this many times. The idea of "church" meaning a building is a much more recent idea. At the beginning of the church there probably weren't any church buildings as such. So according to the Bible in the New Testament, Christian believers are part of the church, and the church is the body of Christian believers. The expectation of the New Testament is that Christian believers will be a part of the church, personally involved and in relationship with the other believers. The New Testament does not have anything to say about whether people who are not believing Christians should attend church - there's no rule about it. But there's no reason why they shouldn't. Most of the New Testament was written specifically to churches, not to individuals.
