| A | B |
|---|
| A Roman historian and lawyer | Suetonius |
| Refers to Jesus in his account of the burning of Rome in 64 AD | Tacitus |
| A Jewsih historian | Josephus |
| Compiled biographies of the Roman emperors | Suetonius |
| Describes Jesus as "a wise man...doer of wonderful works, a teacher of men who receive the truth with pleausre." | Josephus |
| Governor of a Roman province in Asia Minor | Pliny |
| Wrote to the emperor Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome for causing riots "on the instigation of Chrestus(Jesus)." | Suetonius |
| Wrote to the emperor Trajan for advice on what to do about the Christians | Pliny |
| Paints a very negative picture of Christianity, calling it a "pernicious superstition" and a "disease." | Tacitus |
| Tells us that "Christus, the founder of the name, had undergone the death penalty in the region of Tiberius." | Tacitus |
| Addressed to believing Christians as a general audience | Catholic Epistles |
| Organized chronologically suggesting they are something like biographies of Jesus | Gospels |
| A kind of extended sermon to a group of Christians in danger of falling away from their belief in Jesus. | Letter to the Hebrew |
| Full of highly sumbolic and mysterious language | Revelation |
| Universal letters | Catholic Epistles |
| Also called the Apocalypse | Revelation |
| Either written by or attributed to St. Paul | Pauline Epistles |
| Info about the life, works, message, death, and ressurection of Jesus | Gospels |
| Luke's account of the early days of the Christian community under the leadership of St. Peter | Acts of the Apostles |
| Gives special attention to the missionary works of St. Paul | Acts of the Apostles |
| Main focus is the spread of the Good News throughout the Roman Empire | Acts of the Apostles |
| Primary purpose was to support and further educate either individual Christians or small communities | Pauline Epistles |
