Development of the New

Testament

Stages of Development of the New Testament

• Life and Teachings of Jesus• Oral Tradition• Written Gospels

Stages of Development of the New Testament

• Life and Teachings of Jesus• Refers to the period when Jesus still lived among us until the day of

His ascension in Heaven

Stages of Development of the New Testament

• Oral Tradition• Refers to the period after Jesus ascension, the apostles handed on

to their hearers what Jesus had said and done.

Stages of Development of the New Testament

• Written Gospels• refers to the period when sacred authors, selected certain elements that had been

handed on orally or already in written form, others they synthesized or explained in view of the situation of their churches, while preserving the form of the proclamation.