Chapter 25

External Form of the New Testament--1. The Three Main Divisions of the New Testament Writings: Historical, Epistolary, Prophetical--2. Natural Order of these Divisions--3. Subdivisions--In the Historic Part--In the Epistolary Part--Diversity of Arrangement in Manuscripts--4. Arrangement of the New Testament Writings not Chronological--Importance of Knowing this--5. Continuous Writing of the Ancient Uncial Manuscripts-- Stichometrical Mode of Writing--This led gradually to the Present System of Interpunction Cursive Manuscripts--7. Ancient Divisions in the Contents of the Sacred Text--Ammonian Sections and Eusebian Canons-- 8. Divisions called Titles--9. Divisions of the Other New Testament Books--10. Chapters and Verses--Church Lessons--11. Remarks on the above Divisions--Paragraph Bibles--12. Titles and Subscriptions