390-405 - Saint Jerome translates the Hebrew Bible into Latin and completes the Latin Vulgate manuscript. 397 - Third Synod of Carthage approves the New Testament canon (27 books). This translation becomes part of the Latin Vulgate manuscript. 382-384 - Saint Jerome translates the New Testament from original Greek into Latin. 367 - Athanasius of Alexandria identifies the complete New Testament canon (27 books) for the first time. It is eventually kept in the Vatican Library in Rome. 312 - Codex Vaticanus is possibly among the original 50 copies of the Bible ordered by Emperor Constantine.
305-310 - Lucian of Antioch's Greek New Testament text becomes the basis for the Textus Receptus. 240 - Origen compiles the Hexapla, a six-columned parallel of Greek and Hebrew texts.
200 - The Jewish Mishnah, the Oral Torah, is first recorded. 140-150 - Marcion of Sinope's heretical 'New Testament' prompted Orthodox Christians to establish a New Testament canon.
45–100 - Original 27 books of the Greek New Testament are written.
