The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible ... designate the sacred books of each.
The New Testament like the Old Testament has also a threefold division: 1) Historical books (the Gospels and the Acts); 2) Didactic writings (the fourteen Pauline Epistles and the seven Catholic ...