How was the new Testament gathered and put together?

Question

I know the answer, like to know what you think

Answer 1

A bunch of old men got together and decided what manuscripts were considered scripture and what manuscripts were not. There was lots of politics involved and the whole process was designed to consolidate the power of the church hierarchy and marginalize groups that emphasized manuscripts the hierarchy didn't care for. (For example, the gospel of Thomas.)

Answer 2

Sorry, tebone, it was the council of all the bishops of the early church who assembled the the approved New Testament canon from lists of shared gospels, epistles, etc. Until then, there were a few standard lists (like Eusebius's) but it was left to the bishops in each city to work this out. The "Roman Catholic" church as such didn't exist as such until a few centuries later after the Eastern Church split and the Copts were more of less doing their own thing.

E.F. Bruce has a great book on the canon that goes into great detail (see the link.)

You might be interested to know that of the current NT canon, really the only controversy was over the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.

Grace & Peace.

Answer 3

The various gospels and epistles were gathered over time by the individual churches. They often started with only a single gospel and perhaps an epistle or two. As the religion grew, and churches got more in contact with each other (remember this is before the internet, telephones, etc.), they gradually decided what was canonical and non-canonical.

There was some debate over six books (Hebrews, Revelation, the Epistle of Clement, Barnabas, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache). A council convened by the early Church in the Fourth Century finally settled it.

Answer 4

Well, the New Testament that we have today was put together during several councils in Rome during the reign of Constantine the Great. He and other religous figures put together all of the books that they thought as being important, which later became the basis of the New Testament.

Answer 5

The Catholic church collected the texts that were considered to be inspired by the majority of the churches existing at that time. The ones that were universally or near universally accepted were kept. The others were not.

Answer 6

What is with really important is to believe in New Testament and to read it, nothing else

Answer 7

There are too many people who are influenced by "code of DaVinci".... It was not the catholic church that put together the Bible. (This is to the above answerers who thought so)

Answer 8

http://www.carm.org/bible.htm

Answer 9

The Catholic Church compiled the whole Bible