History of Christianity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====New Testament==== {{Main|Bible}}{{Further|Development of the Christian biblical canon|Development of the New Testament canon}} [[File:P46.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|A folio from [[Papyrus 46]], an early-3rd-century collection of [[Pauline epistles]]|alt=photo of an old page of writing from Papyrus 46 in a third century collection of Paul's Epistles]] In the first century, new scriptures were written in [[Koine Greek]]. For Christians, these became the "New Testament", and the Hebrew Scriptures became the "Old Testament".{{sfn|Brown |2010 |loc=Intro. and ch. 1 }} Even in the formative period, these texts had considerable authority, and those seen as "scriptural" were generally agreed upon.{{sfn|Barton|1998a|p=14}}{{sfn|Porter|2011|p=198}} When discussion of canonization began, there were disputes over whether or not to include some books.{{sfn|Noll|1997|pp=36β37}}{{sfn|De Jonge|2003|p=315}} A list of accepted books was established by the [[Council of Rome]] in 382, followed by those of [[Council of Hippo|Hippo]] in 393 and [[Council of Carthage#Synod of 397|Carthage]] in 397.{{sfn|Brown|2010|loc=Intro.}} Spanning two millennia, the Bible has become one of the most influential works ever written, having contributed to the formation of [[Western law]], [[Western art|art]], [[Western literature|literature]], literacy and education.{{sfn|Koenig|2009|p=31}}{{sfn|Burnside|2011|p=XXVI}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page