基督教《圣经》两大多数中的第二部分。基督教将《新约》视为对《旧约》中诺言的实践。《新约》回顾了耶稣基督的生平与传教历程，为早期教会讲解了其意义，特别重视上帝与耶稣门徒之间订立的新的盟约。《新约》共二十七卷，包含叙述耶稣生平言行的四部福音书；叙述早期基督教会历史的〈使徒行传〉；二十一封使徒信件，对早期教会提出建议和指导；与〈启示录〉对将来启示论的描述。全书大多数写于西元1世纪后期，不过没一卷是可以明确地确定其写作日期的。作者中间只有两位是可以被确认的：使徒圣保罗被觉得写作了十三封信件；圣路加写作了第三部福音书与〈使徒行传〉。后人为其他篇章指认的作者，有些非常可能真是作者（如其他三部福音书的作者），有些却根本就无从知道（如《致希伯来人书》）。这类篇章在早期的教会中流传，被用来作为讲道和说教的教程。现在所知最早的《新约》篇目编排源于367年圣亚大纳西的著作。382年的一次教会会议最后允准了这一编排。
Second of the two major pisions of the Christian1 Bible. Christians2 see the New Testament3 as the fulfillment of the promise of the Old Testament. It recounts the life and ministry4 of Jesus and interprets their meaning for the early church, focusing especially on the new covenant5 created between God and the followers6 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 narrative7 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 precisely8. 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 to completely unknown . 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.
