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41AD Matthew (Saint): Identified with Levi, the son of Alphaeus. He was a "publican" (tax collector, customs collector) near Capernaum and was despised by the Jews for holding such offices under the Romans. After his call to discipleship, he gave a great feast to which he invited his friends and associates to meet the Master whose service he had undertaken. Tradition has it that he was martyred after doing missionary work in Macedonia, Egypt, and Ethiopia. His day is Sept.12 

The Gospel of Matthew:

The first Gospel. It is the longest of the Gospels and may have been placed first because it is more closely related to the Old Testament The book covers the genealogy of Christ, his childhood, his ministry, his entry into Jerusalem and his sufferings up to the Crucifixion. It also embraces lengthy accounts of the sayings and parables of Jesus in five long discourses, including the Sermon on the Mount, and the address to the Apostles.

Place Written:
Palestine

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.41

Time Covered:
2.B.C.E.-A.D.33

61AD James (): Jesus' brother, overseer, his day is May 12

Epistle of James:

Addressed to all Christendom and denouncing heretics and moral laxity. Supposedly written by Jesus' brother, it is only certain that it was written by a Christian of Jewish origin in the 1st or 2nd century.

Place Written:
Jerusalem 

Writing Completed:
Before c.A.D.62 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

61AD Luke (Saint): a physician and traditional companion of Saint Paul. In art he appears holding a gospel, with an ox by his side. He is the patron saint of artists. His day is Oct.18

The Gospel of Luke: 

The third Gospel. It is addressed to Theophilus, probably a gentile Christian. Its material is doubtlessly derived from earlier documents. It was probably written between the years 58 and 65 A.D.

Place Written:
Caesarea 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.56-58 

Time Covered:
3 B.C.E.-A.D.33 

The Acts of the Apostles

Fifth Book of the New Testament, sole account of the growth and expansion of the Christian Church from small groups of Jews in Jerusalem, through missionary teachings of the Apostles, teaching in Greece and Rome. 

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.61 

Time Covered:
A.D.33-c.61 

64AD Peter (Saint), (Simon Peter): Fisherman, apostle, considered first Pope, his day is June 29. 

1 Peter:

Place Written:
Babylon 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.62-64 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

2 Peter:

Place Written:
Babylon (?) 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.64 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

65AD Mark (Saint): The cousin of Saint Barnabas. A Jewish convert probably of Cyprus, he was tutored by St. Peter and associated with Paul and Barnabas on their missionary tours. His day is Apr.25

The Gospel of Mark:

The second Gospel, but the Earliest Gospel written (about 64-70), it narrates at great length the acts of Jesus, and is probably the basis of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c. A.D. 60-65 

Time Covered:
A.D. 29-33 

65AD Paul (Saint), (org. Saul): Apostle to the Gentiles. He was a native of Tarsus, the most important city of Cilicia. His parents were of pure Jewish descent, and he received a wholly Jewish education at Jerusalem. He was very active in the persecution of Christians, until, it is recorded, he saw Jesus in a vision. It is doubtful whether he ever saw Jesus alive. He became convinced of two main points, which were to form the core of the Church's belief: Jesus was and is God, and through his death salvation for the individual was made possible. Paul became a zealous missionary in Asia Minor and Greece. He was executed at Rome by command of Nero, probably about 64 65 A.D. More than anyone else, Paul made Christianity a world religion. Tentmaker? His day is June 29

"Epistles to the Thessalonians" 

Two letters written shortly after establishing a church at Thessalonica, modern Saloniki, when he was driven from the city. From there he went to Corinth in Greece where Timothy, who had been sent to the Thessalonian church, joined him. Upon receiving Timothy's report, the first letter was written, and shortly afterwards the second was dispatched, 52 or 53 A.D." 

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1 Thessalonians:

Place Written:
Corinth 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.50 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

2 Thessalonians: 

Place written:
Corinth 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.51 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Galatian: 

A letter written to the churches of Galatia, about 53 A.D. It is valuable for its biographical material and for its doctrine of justification by faith.

Place Written:
Corinth or Syrian Antioc 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.50-52 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

"Epistles to Corinthians" 

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1 Corinthians: 

Place Written:
Ephesus 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.55 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

2 Corinthians: 

Place Written:
Macedonia 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.55 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Romans: 

A letter written from Corinth i c. 57-58 A.D. to the Christians in Rome. The epistle falls into four main divisions, the first two of which are doctrinal; the third related to the problem of the unbelief of Paul's own nation, and the fourth is ethical. The message was considered by Luther "the chief book of the New Testament," and had a profound effect upon the spiritual development of Protestantism.

Place Written:
Corinth 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.56 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Ephesians: 

A letter addressed to "the saints that are at Ephesus," while the Apostle was a Roman prisoner. The subject is the reincarnation of the human Christ in His Church, through love and faith.

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Complete:
c.A.D.60-61 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Philippians: 

A letter addressed to the church at Philippi which he founded on his second missionary journey. It was probably written about 60 A.D. during his imprisonment in Rome. 

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.60-61 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Colossians: 

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.60-61 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to Philemon: 

A letter to his friend and member of the church at Colossae. It is the only private epistle, which has been preserved, it pleaded for clemency toward Onesimus, a runaway slave of Philemon, whom Paul had converted in Rome and had asked to return to his master.

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.60-61 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle to the Hebrews: 

A letter usually attributed to St. Paul, but there exists doubt as to authorship and even whether it was a letter at all. It seeks to show the superiority of Christianity to Judaism. 

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.61 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

"Epistles to Timothy" 

Timothy  (Timotheus) Disciple of St. Paul in Lycaonis, Asia Minor, of a Jewish mother and Gentile father. He accompanied Paul to Philippi, Beraea, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Macedonia and Rome. Tradition makes Timothy the first bishop of Ephesus. He is said to have been martyred in the reign of Domitian or Nerva. Two letters supposedly written by Paul to Timothy and dealing with the erroneous thought and needed methods of administration in the first century church.

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1 Timothy: 

Place Written:
Macedonia 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.61-64 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

2 Timothy: 

Place Written:
Rome 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.65 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Titus: 

Friend and companion of St. Paul. He is mentioned as being converted by the apostle at Antioch, 50 or 51 A.D. and accompanying him to Jerusalem the same year. Subsequently, 65 or 66 A.D., he was left in Crete to arrange the affairs of the early church.

Place Written:

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.61-64 

Time Covered:
Undetermined" 

65AD Jude (Saint), (Judas): Brother of Jesus, One of the twelve apostles, also styled Thaddeus. Nothing is known of his life. According to Western tradition he accompanied Simon the Canaanite to Persia and closed his life by martyrdom. His day is Oct.28

Epistle of Jude: 

One of the so-called catholic (i.e., general) epistles of the New Testament, whose author names himself "Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James." The intimate relation of this epistle to the text of II Peter shows that the authors must have used a common source. The epistle is assigned to the decade 60-70 A.D.

Place Written:
Palestine (?) 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.65 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

98AD John (Saint),(the divine): The son of Zebedee, and brother of St. James (the Greater). One of the three who were admitted to closest intimacy with their Master, he is generally understood to be "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Little is known of his early life until the time he left his occupation as a fisherman to become one of the apostles and the facts of his later years, associated with the city of Ephesusu, are based solely upon tradition. His day is Dec.27

Revelation: 

Place Written:
Patmos 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.96 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

The Gospel of John: 

It's the fourth Gospel. According to tradition, John wrote it, in his old age. Embodying the personal testimony of one of Jesus' most intimate companions, it is considered the most reliable and valuable of all the gospels. In opposition to this traditional view, it is assigned to an unknown, though highly gifted author of the 2nd century.

Place Written:
Ephesus (or near) 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.98 

Time Covered:
A.D. 29-33 

"Epistles of John" 

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Epistle of 1 John: 

The first and longest, lacking the usual epistolary introduction and closing salutation, aims to controvert certain docetic and antinomian tendencies which were threatening to undermine the faith of those addressed.

Place Written:
Ephesus, or near 

Writing Completed:
c.A.D.98 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle of 2 John: 

Addressed to a church, it is a message of affectionate admonition.

Place Written:
Ephesus, or near 

Writing Complete:
c.A.D.98 

Time Covered:
Undetermined 

Epistle of 3 John: 

It's a letter of a more private and confidential character.

Place Written:
Ephesus, or near 

Writing Complete:
c.A.D.98 

Time Covered:
Undetermined