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The New Testament: The Apocalyptic

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The New Testament has several categories (genres) one being the Gospels which is a category that was invented by the early Christians known as the good news about Jesus. Then it has the early church history that tells about Jesus’ life and his death. The New Testament has 21 Letters some of which gives a theological over view of Christianity in which Paul was a great contributor of most of these letters.
The Epistles were also writings, and poems that were instructions to the church. Lastly there is the Apocalyptic. The Apocalyptic is the book of Revelation which tells about an unseen world that depicts the good and evil.

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