- New Testament
- noun Date: 14th century the second part of the Christian Bible comprising the canonical Gospels and Epistles and also the book of Acts and book of Revelation — see bible table
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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New Testament — • Jesus Christ uses the words new testament as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called new as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New… … Catholic encyclopedia
NEW TESTAMENT — (Gr. ὴ καινὴ διαθήκη), the Christian Holy Scriptures (other than the Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha). Content The New Testament (NT) is the usual name for a collection of 27 ancient Greek books concerning Jesus of Nazareth and his earliest… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
New testament — New New (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
New Testament — n the New Testament the part of the Bible which describes the life of Jesus Christ and what he taught, and the life of the first Christians →↑Gospel, Old Testament ↑Old Testament … Dictionary of contemporary English
New Testament — ► NOUN ▪ the second part of the Christian Bible, recording the life and teachings of Christ and his earliest followers … English terms dictionary
New Testament — n. 1. Christian Theol. the promises of God to man that are embodied in the life and teachings of Jesus 2. the part of the Christian Bible that tells of the life and teachings of Jesus and his followers, including the four Gospels, the Acts of the … English World dictionary
New Testament — This article is about part of the Christian Bible. For the theological concept, see New Covenant. Books of the New Testament … Wikipedia
New Testament — 1. the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine. See table under Bible. 2. the covenant between… … Universalium
New Testament — noun the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ s death; the second half of the Christian Bible (Freq. 2) • Members of this Topic: ↑parable, ↑Ascension … Useful english dictionary
New Testament — noun the New Testament the part of the Bible which includes the four Gospels describing the life of Jesus Christ and what he taught compare Old Testament … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
New Testament — The twenty seven books comprising the second part of the Christian Bible, not arranged in the chronological order of writing but roughly according to subject matter: first, the narratives about Jesus, followed by the response to him in the life… … Dictionary of the Bible
