There are 27 books in the New Testament and numerous "lost" books that are not in the traditional canon.
There are 27 books in the New Testament of the Bible, all written before 120 CE. Over the centuries, different sects of Christianity had slightly different canons. While some of the books remained pretty consistent, such as the Gospel of Mark, others, such as some of the letters by Paul were not. The current canon of the Bible was canonized by the Catholic church in the 4th century CE. Athanasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, listed the 27 books we see today as the official canon in his Easter letter in 367, calling for the Egyptian church to cease use of their gnostic texts. This list was affirmed by the Council of Rome in 382 and then onward. In 1945, 13 papyrus codices were discovered with 46 different texts, 41 of which had previously been totally lost. Some or many of these are likely the texts the Catholic church asked to be excluded from the canon 367.
The New Testament of the Bible
The 27 books canonized by the Catholic church.
Non-Canonized Books
There are many books that were in other canons, other than the 27 listed in the New Testament. Many of these books were cherished and viewed as the inspired word of God and the real works of apostles after the death of Jesus.
Apocalypse of Peter
Book of Wisdom
Gospel of Apelles
Gospel of Bardesanes
Gospel of Basilides
Gospel of Marcion
Gospel of Mani
Gospel of Thomas
Epistle of Barnabas
Epistle of Clement
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Epistle to Diognetus
Epistle to the Laodiceans (of Paul)
Epistle to Seneca the Younger (of Paul)
Third Epistle to the Corinthians (of Paul)
Shepherd of Hermas
Nag Hammadi Texts
Allogenes the Stranger
Authoritative Discourse
The Act of Peter
The Acts of Peter and the 12 Apostles
The Book of Allogenes
The Book of Thomas
The Concept of Our Great Power
The Dialogue of the Savior
The 2nd Discourse of Great Seth
The Discourse on the 8th and 9th
Eugnostos the Blessed
Excerpt from the Perfect Discourse
Excerpt from Plato's Republic
Exegesis on the Soul
The 1st Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
The Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Phillip
The Gospel of Truth
The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit
Hyphsiphrone
The Interpretation of Knowledge
Marsanes
Melchizedek
The Paraphrase of Shem
The Payer of Apostle Paul
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Protevangelion
The 1st Revelation of James
The 2nd Revelation of James
The Revelation of Adam
The Revelation of Paul
The Revelation of Peter
The Secret Book of James
The Sentences of Sextus
Teachings of Silvanus
Three Forms of First Thought
The Three Steles of Seth
The Thought of Norea
Thunder
Valentinian Exposition
The Wisdom of Jesus Christ
Zostrianos
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