<P> The Epistle of James was included among the twenty - seven New Testament books first listed by Athanasius of Alexandria in his Thirty - Ninth Festal Epistle ( AD 367 ) and was confirmed as a canonical epistle of the New Testament by a series of councils in the Fourth Century . Today , virtually all denominations of Christianity consider this book to be a canonical epistle of the New Testament . </P>
<P> The Epistle of James was included among the twenty - seven New Testament books first listed by Athanasius of Alexandria in his Thirty - Ninth Festal Epistle ( AD 367 ) and was confirmed as a canonical epistle of the New Testament by a series of councils in the Fourth Century . Today , virtually all denominations of Christianity consider this book to be a canonical epistle of the New Testament . </P>
when was the book of james added to the bible
when was the book of james added to the bible
the Fourth Century
the Fourth Century