Books and Approximate Dates of the New Testament.


The Gospel of St. Matthew (70-80 CE)
The Gospel of St. Mark  (64-70 CE)
The Gospel of St. Luke (ca. 80 CE)
The Gospel of St. John (late 1st century CE)


The Acts of the Apostles (ca. 85 CE, by the authur of Luke)


The Epistle of Paul to the Romans (ca. 56 CE)
The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (ca. 53-54 CE, 
     during Paul's imprisonment in Ephesus)
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (ca. 55 CE)
The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians (ca. 53-54)
The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians (spurious attribution; 
     written early second century CE)
The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians (ca. 53-54)
The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians (spurious attribution; 
     written early second century CE)
The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians (earliest written 
     book of the New Testament, ca. 51 CE)
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians (spurious 
     attribution; written late 1st century CE)
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy            Probably non-Pauline,
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy           written possibly late 
The Epistle of Paul to Titus                    1st century CE
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon (ca. 53-54)


The Epistle to the Hebrews (authorship traditionally disputed; 
     written late 1st century CE)


The General Epistle of James
The First Epistle General of Peter
The Second Epistle General of Peter       The "Catholic Epistles,"
The First Epistle General of John         from the 2nd century CE;
The Second Epistle of John                last-written canonical 
The Third Epistle of John                 books.
The General Epistle of Jude 


The Revelation of St. John the Divine (late 1st century CE)


This canon was agreed upon during the fourth century CE, after 
several centuries of weeding out of other competing books.