<P> The last book to be accepted universally was the Book of Revelation, though with time all the Eastern Church also agreed . Thus, by the 5th century, both the Western and Eastern churches had come into agreement on the matter of the New Testament canon . The Council of Trent of 1546 reaffirmed that finalization for Catholicism in the wake of the Protestant Reformation . The Thirty - Nine Articles of 1563 for the Church of England and the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1647 for English Calvinism established the official finalizations for those new branches of Christianity in light of the break with Rome . The Synod of Jerusalem of 1672 made no changes to the New Testament canon for any Orthodox, but resolved some questions about some of the minor Old Testament books for the Greek Orthodox and most other Orthodox jurisdictions (who chose to accept it). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> ~ Books of the New Testament ~ </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Matthew </Li> <Li> Mark </Li> <Li> Luke </Li> <Li> John </Li> <Li> Acts </Li> <Li> Romans </Li> <Li> 1 Corinthians </Li> <Li> 2 Corinthians </Li> <Li> Galatians </Li> <Li> Ephesians </Li> <Li> Philippians </Li> <Li> Colossians </Li> <Li> 1 Thessalonians </Li> <Li> 2 Thessalonians </Li> <Li> 1 Timothy </Li> <Li> 2 Timothy </Li> <Li> Titus </Li> <Li> Philemon </Li> <Li> Hebrews </Li> <Li> James </Li> <Li> 1 Peter </Li> <Li> 2 Peter </Li> <Li> 1 John </Li> <Li> 2 John </Li> <Li> 3 John </Li> <Li> Jude </Li> <Li> Revelation </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> ~ Books of the New Testament ~ </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Matthew </Li> <Li> Mark </Li> <Li> Luke </Li> <Li> John </Li> <Li> Acts </Li> <Li> Romans </Li> <Li> 1 Corinthians </Li> <Li> 2 Corinthians </Li> <Li> Galatians </Li> <Li> Ephesians </Li> <Li> Philippians </Li> <Li> Colossians </Li> <Li> 1 Thessalonians </Li> <Li> 2 Thessalonians </Li> <Li> 1 Timothy </Li> <Li> 2 Timothy </Li> <Li> Titus </Li> <Li> Philemon </Li> <Li> Hebrews </Li> <Li> James </Li> <Li> 1 Peter </Li> <Li> 2 Peter </Li> <Li> 1 John </Li> <Li> 2 John </Li> <Li> 3 John </Li> <Li> Jude </Li> <Li> Revelation </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

Who chose the books included in the bible