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title: "The Complete Series: Ten Basic Facts About the NT Canon that Every Christian Should Memorize"
canonical: "https://michaeljkruger.com/the-complete-series-ten-basic-facts-about-the-nt-canon-that-every-christian-should-memorize/"
pubDate: "2013-03-05T08:44:50.000Z"
updatedDate: "2023-04-14T17:34:15.000Z"
author: Michael Kruger
description: "For the last month or so, I have been working through a new series on the NT canon designed to help Christians understand ten basic facts about its origins. This series is designed for a lay-level audience and hopefully could prove helpful in a conversation one might have with a skeptical friend. Given that there [...]"
tags: [Ancient Manuscripts, Apocryphal Literature, Gospels, Jesus Tradition, New Testament Canon]
---

For the last month or so, I have been working through a new series on the NT canon designed to help Christians understand ten basic facts about its origins. This series is designed for a lay-level audience and hopefully could prove helpful in a conversation one might have with a skeptical friend.

Given that there are already four installments in this series, I thought would be helpful to have them listed all in one spot. Thus, I will list the current installments below, and plan to update this list as the series progresses. Also, note that the bottom left of my website has a link to all my blog series.

#1: [“The New Testament Books are the Earliest Christian Writings We Possess”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-dB)

#2: [“Apocryphal Writings are All Written in the Second Century or Later”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-dZ)

#3: [“The New Testament Books Are Unique Because They Are Apostolic Books”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-ep)

#4: [“Some NT Writers Quote Other NT Writers as Scripture”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-eO)

#5: [“The Four Gospels are Well Established by the End of the Second Century”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-gh)

#6: [“At the End of the Second Century, the Muratorian Fragment lists 22 of our 27 NT books”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-im)

#7: [“Early Christians Often Used Non-Canonical Writings”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-iZ)

#8: [“The NT Canon Was Not Decided at Nicea—Nor Any Other Church Council”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-jk)

#9: [“Christians Did Disagree about the Canonicity of Some NT Books”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-jB)

#10 [“Early Christians Believed that Canonical Books were Self-Authenticating.”](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-kN)