The answer
St. Athanasius is one of the principle leaders who was influential in the canonization of the New Testament http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03274a.htm.
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The question
I know that Ezra the priest gathered the Old testament, but who gathered the New Testament? Is it Saint Athanasius?
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