| Term | Definition |
| 180 A.D. | Polycarp/Marcion evidence a larger colliction of Pauline Epistles(10) |
| 200 A.D. | 13 letters were increasingly accepted |
| 300 A.D. | West accepst Letter to the Hebrew but not as Pauline |
| 150 A.D. | Churches used one Gospel |
| Jewish Christians | Matthew |
| Gentile Christians | Luke |
| Gnostic Christians | John |
| After 150 A.D. | Tatian tries to combine 4 Prominent Gospels into Diatessaron, but Greek and Latin Churches accept 4 gospels |
| 200 A.D. | The Moratorian Canon contains 20 works, most of current NT except Hevrews, 1 & 2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Revelation |
| 1442 A.D. | Council of Florence accepts 27 NT books |
| 1536 A.D. | Martin Luther removes James, Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation |
| 1546 A.D. | Trent reaffirms NT |
| 367 A.D. | St. Athanasius gives first full listing of NT in a pastoral letter |