The Books of the Old and New Testaments

Of the Old Testament, then, there have been handed down first of all the five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Then Joshua son of Nun; the Book of Judges, together with Ruth; then four books of Kingdoms, which the Hebrews count as two; the Book of Things Left Out, which is entitled the Book of Days, that is, Chronicles; and two books of Ezra, that is, Ezra and Nehemiah, which the Hebrews count as one; and Esther. Of the Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel; and also the twelve shorter prophets, as one book. Job also, and the Psalms of David, one book each. Solomon gave three books to the churches: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. These make up the books of the Old Testament. [a]

Of the New Testament there are four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke; fourteen letters of the apostle Paul; two of the apostle Peter; one of James, the brother of the Lord and an apostle; one of Jude; three of John; and the Revelation of John. These are the books which the fathers have included within the canon, and from which they would have us draw the proofs of our faith.