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GENERAL OF PETER . . . . . . . . 246 XXIII. THE EPISTLES OF ST.
JOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 XXIV. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 XXV. THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN
THE DIVINE . . . . . . . 270
APPENDIX A.--RATIONALIST CRITICISM ON ST. JOHN'S
WRITINGS 284 APPENDIX B.--PAPIAS AND JOHN THE
PRESBYTER . . . . . . . . 285 APPENDIX C.--THE MURATORIAN
FRAGMENT . . . . . . . . . . . 288 APPENDIX D.--SOME EARLY
WITNESSES TO NEW TESTAMENT
WRITINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 APPENDIX E.--BOOKS
RECOMMENDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

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TABLE OF APPROXIMATE DATES
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW . . . . . A.D. 69 " "
ST. MARK . . . . . . . A.D. 62 " " ST. LUKE . . . . . . . A.D. 70-75 " " ST.
JOHN . . . . . . . A.D. 80-90 ACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D.
75-80 ROMANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 56 1
CORINTHIANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 55 2
CORINTHIANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 55
GALATIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 56
EPHESIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60
PHILIPPIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 61
COLOSSIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60 1

THESSALONIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 51 2
THESSALONIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 51 1
TIMOTHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 63 2
TIMOTHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 64
TITUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 63
PHILEMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60
HEBREWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 66
JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 50 1
PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 64 2
PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 65 1, 2, 3
JOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 80-90 JUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A.D. 63 REVELATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 96

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CHAPTER I
THE MEW TESTAMENT
[Sidenote: Its Name.]
After the gift of the Holy Spirit Himself, we may justly reckon the New
Testament as the most precious gift which our Lord Jesus Christ has
given since His Ascension to those who believe on His Name. The
word "testament," which is in Latin testamentum, corresponds with our
word "covenant," and the phrase "New Testament" signifies the record
of that new covenant in which God bound man to Himself by the death
of His Son. The truth that this was a new covenant, distinct from the
covenant which God made with Abraham, was taught by our Lord
when