基督教《聖經》兩大部分中的第二部分。基督教將《新約》視爲對《舊約》中諾言的實踐。《新約》回顧了耶穌基督的生平與傳教經歷，爲早期教會闡述了其意義，尤其注重上帝與耶穌門徒之間訂立的新的盟約。《新約》共二十七卷，包括敘述耶穌生平言行的四部福音書；敘述早期基督教會歷史的〈使徒行傳〉；二十一封使徒書信，對早期教會提出建議和指導；以及〈啓示錄〉對未來啓示論的描述。全書大部分寫於西元1世紀後期，不過沒有一卷是可以明確地確定其寫作日期的。作者中間只有兩位是可以被確認的：使徒聖保羅被認爲寫作了十三封書信；聖路加寫作了第三部福音書以及〈使徒行傳〉。後人爲其他篇章指認的作者，有的很可能真是作者（如其他三部福音書的作者），有的卻根本就無從知曉（如《致希伯來人書》）。這些篇章在早期的教會中流傳，被用來作爲講道和說教的教材。目前所知最早的《新約》篇目編排出自367年聖亞大納西的著作。382年的一次教會會議最終允准了這一編排。 ing-bottom: 66.56%;">Second of the two major divisions of the Christian Bible. Christians see the New Testament as the fulfillment of the promise of the Old Testament. It recounts the life and ministry of Jesus and interprets their meaning for the early church, focusing especially on the new covenant created between God and the followers of Jesus. There are 27 books in the New Testament: four Gospels, or stories of the life and teachings of Christ; the Acts of the Apostles, a historical narrative of the first years of the Christian church; 21 epistles, or letters of advice and instruction to early Christians; and the Book of Revelation, a description of the coming apocalypse. Most were written in the later 1st century AD, though none can be dated precisely. Only two authors are known for certain: St. Paul, credited with 13 epistles; and St. Luke, writer of the third gospel and the Book of Acts. Attributions of other authors range from highly likely (for the other three gospels) to completely unknown (for the Epistle to the Hebrews). These documents circulated among the early churches and were used as preaching and teaching sources. The earliest known list of the current New Testament canon dates from AD 367 in a work by St. Athanasius. A church council of 382 gave final approval to the list.
