Mazty said:
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Where on earth did you read that nonsense?
The New Testament
The following table gives the most widely accepted dates for the composition of the New Testament books, together with the earliest preserved fragment for each text.
| Book | Dates determined by scholars | Earliest Known Fragment |
|---|---|---|
| Gospel of Matthew | 60-85 CE[10] | 𝔓104 (150–200 CE) |
| Gospel of Mark | 60-70 CE | 𝔓88 (350 CE) |
| Gospel of Luke | 60-90 CE | 𝔓4, 𝔓75 (175–250 CE) |
| Gospel of John | 80-95 CE | 𝔓52 (125–160 CE) |
| Acts | 60-90 CE | 𝔓29, 𝔓45, 𝔓48, 𝔓53, 𝔓91 (250 CE) |
| Romans | 57–58 CE | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| Corinthians | 57 CE | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| Galatians | 45-55 CE | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| Ephesians | 65 CE | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| Philippians | 57–62 CE | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| Colossians | 60 CE +[citation needed] | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| 1 Thessalonians | 50 CE[2] | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| 2 Thessalonians | 50-54 CE[11][12] | 𝔓92 (300 CE) |
| Timothy | 60-100 CE[citation needed] | Codex Sinaiticus (350 CE) |
| Titus | 60-100 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓32 (200 CE) |
| Philemon | 56 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓87 (3rd century CE) |
| Hebrews | 63-90 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓46 (late 2nd century or 3rd century CE) |
| James | 50-200 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓20, 𝔓23 (early 3rd century CE) |
| First Peter | 60-96 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓72 (3rd/4th century CE) |
| Second Peter | 60-130 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓72 (3rd/4th century CE) |
| Epistles of John | 90-110 CE[13] | 𝔓9, Uncial 0232, Codex Sinaiticus (3rd/4th century CE) |
| Jude | 66-90 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓72 (3rd/4th century CE) |
| Revelation | 68-100 CE[citation needed] | 𝔓98 (150–200 CE) |
As you can see, the majority of NT books were written 30-60 years after the death of Jesus, and the apostle Paul even started to write his letters to the young Christian churches around the world in less than 20 years after Jesus. About this there is no debate, science is settled on this matter.
The canon and its development - namely the question of which already existing Christian writings were seen as inspired or not is an entirely different thing. But the canonization process was quite robust long before emperor Constantine, as evident from the writings of the first Christian Church fathers around 150-200 AD that show that there was agreement about the majority of the books, but at that time there was still some dispute about a few of the books on wether they could be considered authentic and/or inspired (and for those particular books there still is dispute to this day about their authenticity).
Constantine had little, if any, influence on the canonization process.







