Mystery of the New Testament The New Testament is a part of the Christian Canon, which includes the Old and New Testaments. The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books and is the foundation of the Christian religion. The New Testament set the standards for Christianity as a religion, but many questions surround the New Testament. These questions surrounding the New Testament have continually stirred controversy. The Old Testament revealed the way worshipers of Christianity were to live their lives and helped guide them through their lives. Many do not question the validity of the Old Testament. The books were left out essentially to fit what the church wanted and not agree with their Christian ideals. The New TestamentThese Gospels are what shaped not only the Old Testament, but also the New Testament. The New Testament contains twenty-seven Gospels while the Old Testament contains thirty-nine Gospels. The gospels excluded from the New Testament are called non-canonical gospels. Some of the Gospels that had been omitted from the New Testament were added to some of the included Gospels. The Gospels best known for this would be the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. (Lowe). Some of the early Gospels were simply lost and could not be transcribed into the New Testament. The Persevered Gospels are referred to as sources of the New Testament. (Schorn). “Scholars have established that there were at least three main sources. These three sources were believed to be some of the earliest Gospels of the Old Testament” (Northcott). The original names are unknown, but they have been given the modern names of Lost Q Source, Pre-Mark Passion Fiction, and Signs Gospel. The Gospels could have been omitted from the New Testament due to wars, conquests, persecutions, and the few copies made. (Ehermann). Furthermore, there are accusations that early church leaders intentionally destroyed these Gospels to hide the facts about the origin of Christianity. (TaussigA large number of Christians became intolerant of other groups and the group's ideologies, which raised questions. "Followers of different religions began to question Christians and their newly discovered god" (Northcott). Many Christians believed that the Christian religion was the only true religion that should be worshiped and they felt the need to dissolve any views opposed to their Christian religion. Followers of the Christian religion would begin to travel to foreign places to spread the word of their religion ( Shelley 9). the word on Christianity and Jesus would continue, and continues to do so even in today's modern world