The Gospels (I just know them): Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (4)
The Acts of the Apostles (I just know that too). (1)
The Pauline Books: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews.
Mnemonics: Run, Christian, God's Elected Path, Continuously Trusting The Trinity's Persevering Help [To keep the first seven straight, recall the seven churches of Revelation. There are seven churches Paul wrote letters to, listed first. They are not the same seven as listed here, but still mnemonically useful. Titus and Philemon are both extremely short books, and so they are grouped together after Paul's letters to his most famous successor. Since Thessalonians is the last of the letters to the churches, followed by Timothy and Titus, this means that conveniently, all of Paul's letters starting with the letter T are also grouped together. Hebrews is of uncertain authorship, but many, including Aquinas, attribute it to Paul, so it is placed at the interface between the Pauline corpus and the letters of the other Apostles.]
The Other Apostolic Letters: James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, Jude, Revelation.
Mnemonic: Justifiedly, Peter [or the Pope] Judges Jesus' Revelation. [...when he explicitly speaks Ex Cathedra through the unique inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This is the doctrine of Papal or Magisterial Infallibility]
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