A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries c1.9

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These gospels, and others like them, were not accepted by the Church as a whole, and were gradually lost or suppressed. The Church, however, felt the need for a standard collection of writings that would serve as a guide for faith and practice. This led to the formation of the New Testament canon, a process that took several centuries to complete.