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Who is argued to be the first to list the twenty-seven books of the New Testament?

  • Origen of Alexandria

  • Jerome of Stridon

  • Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Eusebius of Caesarea

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Origen of Alexandria is argued to be the first to list the twenty-seven books of the New Testament in a systematic manner. His list of books includes the four gospels, Acts, Paul's letters, the Catholic epistles, and Revelation. Origen's list of books was later adopted by other Christian writers and eventually became the standard list of books in the New Testament.
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