New Testament

The New Testament consists of; four narratives of the life, teaching, death and resurrection ofJesus, called "gospels" (or "good news" accounts); a narrative of theApostles' ministries in theearly church, called the "Acts of the Apostles", and probably written by the same writer as theGospel of Luke, which it continues; twenty-one letters, often called "epistles" in the biblical context, written by various authors, and consisting of Christian doctrine, counsel, instruction, and conflict resolution; and anApocalypse, theBook of Revelation, which is abook of prophecy, containing some instructions toseven local congregations of Asia Minor, but mostly containing propheticalsymbology, about theEnd Times.