Which books were cited by early church leaders, and how later canon lists and manuscripts classified them.
| Citations by Church Leaders / Authors | Canon Lists | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 95-97 | c. 110 | c. 130-140 | c. 110-150 | c. 150-165 | c. 150-202 | c. 160-215 | c. 150-220 | c. 185-254 | c. 130-140 | c. 170 | c. 325-340 | c. 300-325 | c. 330-360 | c. 400-440 | c. 400-450 | |
| Book | Clement R. | Ignatius | Papias | Polycarp | Justin | Irenaeus | Clement A. | Tertullian | Origen | Marcion | Muratorian | Eusebius | Codex V | Codex S | Codex A | Syriac/Peshitta |
| Matthew | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| Mark | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
| Luke | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
| John | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Acts | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||
| Romans | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| 1 Corinthians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| 2 Corinthians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||
| Galatians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Ephesians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Philippians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Colossians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||
| 1 Thessalonians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||
| 2 Thessalonians | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||
| 1 Timothy | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | ||||
| 2 Timothy | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | ||||
| Titus | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||||
| Philemon | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||||||
| Hebrews | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
| James | YES | NO | NO | DISPUTED | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||
| 1 Peter | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
| 2 Peter | NO | NO | DISPUTED | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||
| 1 John | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | UNCLEAR | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||
| 2 John | YES | NO | UNCLEAR | DISPUTED | YES | YES | YES | NO | ||||||||
| 3 John | NO | UNCLEAR | DISPUTED | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||
| Jude | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | DISPUTED | YES | YES | YES | NO | ||||||
| Revelation | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||
| 1 Clement | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||||||
| 2 Clement | YES | |||||||||||||||
| Shepherd of Hermas | YES | YES | YES | SPURIOUS | YES | |||||||||||
| Epistle of Barnabas | YES | YES | SPURIOUS | YES | ||||||||||||
| Didache | YES | SPURIOUS | ||||||||||||||
| Apocalyse of Peter | YES | YES | SPURIOUS | |||||||||||||
| Book of Wisdom/Wisdom of Solomon | YES | |||||||||||||||
| Acts of Paul (and Thecla) | SPURIOUS | |||||||||||||||
| Gospel According to the Hebrews | YES | SPURIOUS | ||||||||||||||
| Gospel According to Peter | YES | HERETICAL | ||||||||||||||
| Gospel According to Thomas | HERETICAL | HERETICAL | ||||||||||||||
| Gospel According to Matthias | HERETICAL | HERETICAL | ||||||||||||||
| Gospel According to the Egyptians | HERETICAL | |||||||||||||||
| Acts of Andrew | HERETICAL | |||||||||||||||
| Acts of John | HERETICAL | |||||||||||||||
| Epistle to the Laodiceans | FORGED | |||||||||||||||
| Epistle to the Alexandrians | FORGED | |||||||||||||||