The Emergence of the New Testament Shifting Canonical Lists from the Second to the Fourth Centuries

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(The order of books in each list has been rearranged to simplify comparison.)

Marcion c. 140	Irenaeus^b c. 180	Muratorian Canon c. 200	Eusebius c. 325	Athanasius 367 (The canon of the western church)
	Matthew	[Matthew	Matthew	Matthew
	Mark	Mark]^c	Mark	Mark
Luke	Luke	Luke	Luke	Luke
	John	John	John	John
	Acts	Acts	Acts	Acts
Romans	Romans	Romans	Romans	Romans
1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians
Galatians	Galatians	Galatians	Galatians	Galatians
Ephesians^a	Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians
Philippians	Philippians	Philippians	Philippians	Philippians
Colossians	Colossians	Colossians	Colossians	Colossians
1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians
	1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Timothy
	2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Timothy
	Titus	Titus	Titus	Titus
Philemon				Philemon
				Hebrews
	James (?)			James
	1 Peter		1 Peter	1 Peter
	1 John	1 John	1 John	1 John
		2 John		2 John
				3 John
		Jude		Jude
	Revelation of John Shepherd of Hermas	Revelation of John Wisdom of Solomon Revelation of Peter	Revelation of John (?)	Revelation of John