Question: In what year AD was the current new Testament given final sanction by the Christian church – 76, 106, 179, 248, 397, or 1566?
Answer: 397.
Comments: The current 27 books that comprise the New Testament canon were officially approved by the Councils of Carthage in 397 and 419. In his Easter letter of 367, Athanasius (293-397), Bishop of Alexandria, gave a list of exactly the same books and used the word "canonized" (kanonizomena) in regards to them.
Note: This image is an icon of Athanasius.
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