The Revelation of John, commonly known as the Apocalypse or Revelation or Book of Revelation (from ἀποκάλυψις, apokálypsis, a Greek term meaning "revelation"), is the last book of the New Testament (and therefore the last book of the Christian Bible) and is the only apocalypse in the canon of the Bible, of which it is one of the most difficult texts to interpret.

The Apocalypse belongs to the group of New Testament writings known as "Johannine literature," since it was written, if not by the apostle himself, in the circles that referred to him and his teaching.

Of 404 verses, 278 contain at least one Old Testament quotation. The books that are believed to have most influenced Revelation are the books of the Prophets, primarily Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Zechariah and also the Book of Psalms and Exodus.

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The Epistle of Jude, with its one chapter, is among the shortest writings in the New Testament and the last of the Catholic epistles. The author is Jude, brother of James.

The letter is a call to fight for the right Christian faith and a warning to the Church against those false teachers who "abuse the grace of our God for secession." The letter is characterized by sharp condemnations of these false teachers and picturesque descriptions of the judgment against them. The text makes frequent use of images, narratives and metaphors drawn particularly from the Old Testament and other Hebrew literature.

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The third epistle of John is the third of John's epistles in the New Testament. It is the second shortest book in the entire Christian Bible, after the second of John.

The letter appears addressed to a man named Gaius (or Gaius) but it is not known exactly if it is the same person who lived in Macedonia and who is quoted in Acts 19:29 or the Corinthian mentioned in Romans 16:23 or the one who lived in Derbe, quoted in Acts 20:4.

It was written for the purpose of commending Gaius to a group of Christians led by Demetrius, who were strangers in the place where he lived and who had the mission to preach the gospel 3John 7. They had been refused hospitality by a local Christian chieftain, Diotrephes.

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The Second Epistle of John is a book of the New Testament. It is the shortest book in the entire Bible: it consists of only thirteen verses.

It is a letter addressed to "the elect lady" (Ἐκκλεκτῇ) and closes with the words "The children of your elect sister greet you" (2 John 13). Of the thirteen verses that compose this epistle, seven are contained in the first of John. The person to whom the letter is addressed is commended for his piety and warned against false teachers.

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John's first letter is traditionally one of the Catholic letters and is in the canonical order the 23rd book of the New Testament. The letter is also counted among the "Johannine Scriptures" - among which are the Gospel of John, the three Epistles of John and in many circles also the Revelation of John.

It is common to assume that John's first letter was written towards the end of the first century in Ephesus, but the dating is uncertain. The key personalities are the Apostles Peter and Paul. Its purpose was to warn about the increasing threat of false teachings and to reassure Christians of their faith and love in Jesus Christ.

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The book of 2^nd Peter is a General Epistle (Apostolic Letter). It was written to all believers in general. The author is Peter who wrote it about 63-64 AD. The key personalities are the Apostles Peter and Paul. Its purpose was to warn against the increasing number of false teachers attacking the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The book of 1^st Peter is a General Epistle (Apostolic Letter). It was written to all believers in general. The author is Peter who wrote it about 60 A.D. The key personalities are the Apostle Peter, Silas, and Mark. Its purpose was to encourage suffering Christians and to call them to personal holiness; Peter’s central focus is persecution.

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The Letter of James is one of the Catholic letters (in the sense of "universal letters") of the New Testament, written by James the Just and dated around 50.

The short letter, believed to be addressed to the twelve tribes of Israel, is most likely a homily that then, because of the richness of its contents, began to circulate among the early Christian communities to be read in the assemblies.

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The Letter to the Hebrews is a work included in the New Testament, in which the profile and mission of Jesus are outlined through comparison with the figure of the high priest in the Old Testament.

Its literary genre is much discussed. Much more than a letter or a homily, the text turns out to be a "treatise for Christians of Jewish and ethnic origin now Hellenized."

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The Letter to Philemon is one of the texts of the New Testament, the shortest of Paul's letters, as it consists of only 25 verses. The letter is addressed to Philemon, to Affia, probably Philemon's wife, to Archippus, whom some scholars identify as the son of the addressee, and to the church that was in the same house of Philemon.

The main addressee is Philemon, a Christian invited by Paul to welcome Onesimus, one of his servants who had fled.

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The letter to Titus is one of the texts of the New Testament, written by Paul of Tarsus and addressed to his disciple Titus.

Titus was a Greek, Paul's companion and co-worker (Galatians 2:1-3, Second Letter to the Corinthians 8:23; perhaps he was baptized by Paul himself, who therefore calls him a true son according to the common faith (1:4). He was soon to stand out among the most zealous and open-minded Christians, if the Apostle brought him, together with Barnabas, to the Council of Jerusalem (49-50 AD), where the line of freedom from the Mosaic law advocated by Paul prevailed.

Titus appears in the letter as the person responsible for the Christian community of Crete. We do not know precisely when Paul evangelized the island of Crete. Acts 27:8-9 speaks of the apostle's stay in Crete for a considerable time, on the occasion of his journey to Rome after the appeal to Caesar; it could be that he already preached the Gospel then. Certainly, however, St. Paul was also in Crete on another occasion, namely when he left Titus there to complete the work he had begun: this should have happened after his liberation from the first Roman captivity (64 AD).

The subject of the epistle is sound doctrine and the good works that follow from it.

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The Second Letter to Timothy is one of the three pastoral letters included in the New Testament, written by Paul of Tarsus.

Since the eighteenth century it has been customary to group together, under the name of pastoral letters, the First Letter to Timothy, the Second Letter to Timothy and the Letter to Titus: in these letters Paul addresses his closest collaborators Timothy and Titus, to whom he entrusted the task of following the various churches he founded.

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The First Letter to Timothy is one of three epistles known as pastoral letters included in the New Testament, and is written by Paul of Tarsus.

The letter addressed to his young disciple Timothy while he was in Ephesus, was written by Paul while he was in Macedonia. Some scholars place the date of the writing of the epistle between 63 or according to others in 66-67.

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The Second Letter to the Thessalonians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament. It belongs to the corpus of Pauline letters, and is addressed to the Church of Thessalonica. It is called "Second" to distinguish it from the First Letter to the Thessalonians, which is also included in the biblical canon.

According to tradition, the letter was written by the apostle while he was in Corinth during his first trip to Europe, around 50; unable to return to Thessalonica sent his disciple Timothy to comfort believers and bring them news.

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The First Letter to the Thessalonians is one of the texts of the New Testament. It was written by Paul of Tarsus around 53. The letter is the oldest New Testament writing that has come down to us.

The letter, which is particularly interesting for studying the conditions in the early churches, is organized into five chapters and can be divided in relation to the trials it faced and how it became a model of faith for many.

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The Letter to the Colossians is one of the texts of the New Testament; it was written by Paul of Tarsus in Rome during his first imprisonment, probably in the summer of the year 62.

The layout consists of two parts: a doctrinal and a practical one. The first chapter contains Paul's greetings to the Colossians. The next two chapters are doctrinal and contain statements about the redemptive role of Jesus Christ, the danger of false worship, and the importance of the resurrection. The last chapter teaches that the "saints" are to show wisdom in everything and closes the letter with formulas of greeting.

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The Letter to the Philippians is one of the New Testament texts that Christian tradition and broad scholarly consensus attributes to Paul of Tarsus. Written between 53 and 62, for the Christian community founded by Paul himself in Philippi.

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The Letter to the Ephesians is one of Paul's letters included in the New Testament, written during his imprisonment in Rome around the year 62. The key personalities of Ephesians are the Apostle Paul and Tychicus. It was written to encourage believers to walk as fruitful followers of Christ and to serve in unity and love in the midst of persecution.

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The Letter to the Galatians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament.

The letter, written by Paul of Tarsus between 54 and 57, was composed to counter a preaching made by some Jewish Christians after the apostle had left the community: these missionaries had convinced some Galatians that Paul's teaching was incomplete and that salvation required the observance of the Law of Moses, in particular circumcision. Paul condemned this orientation, proclaiming the freedom of believers and salvation by faith.

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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament, which Christian tradition and almost unanimous scholars attribute to Paul of Tarsus. According to scholars, it was composed in 54/55. It was addressed to the Christian community in the Greek city of Corinth.

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