The Canon List below represents the Western church canon only.  It should also be remembered that this "Catholic" canon includes apocrypha that the Protestants.  Also not all Protestants accepted the Protestant NT Canon completely, including ex-priest Martin Luther, a man who actually did not fully accept the non-Pauline writings (James, Revelations, and Jude).

The dates of the preferred New Testament canon list is shown below with the "church father" who supported the list shown at the top of each column.  Obviously, the choice of Athanasius became our "New Testament."

For explanation of numbers (1, 2, 3 4), please see comments below the table.


Documents   Marcion
c. 140		   Irenaeus
c. 180 (1)		   Muratorian
c. 200		   Eusebius
c. 325		   Athanasius
c. 367
                     
Matthew         3    
Mark         4    
Luke          
John            
Acts            
Romans          
Corinthians I          
Corinthians II          
Galatians          
Ephesians   2        
Philippians          
Colossians          
Thessalonians I          
Thessalonians II          
Timothy I            
Timothy II            
Titus            
Philemon                
Hebrews                  
James       ??          
Peter I              
Peter II                  
John I            
John II                
John III                  
Jude                
Revelation           ??  
Shepherd of Hermas                  
Wisdom of Solomon                  
Revelation of Peter                  


1 Compiled from references in his writings
2 Marcion called this book `Laodiceans'
3 First part of the list is missing, Luke is called 'the 3rd Gospel'
4 First part of the list is missing, Luke is called 'the 3rd Gospel'