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The most important Christian texts are the two volumes of the Bible, called the Old Testament and the New Testament.

The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible. The New Testament contains the story of Jesus and the early Church.

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The Bible
The Bible is not just one book but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history.
Didache - the first Christian document?
A specifically Christian document pre-dating the New Testament has been found. The Didache, as it's called, chronicles a debate between the first Christians: do you have to be a Jew to convert to Christianity?
Revelation
The Book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, has fascinated and puzzled Christians for centuries. Does it describe the end of the world?
The Bible in ten seconds
A clergyman has published a modern version of the Bible designed to be read in 100 minutes. Our readers thought they could do better than that...

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