The New Testament in the Second Century - St. Hilarion Troitsky

About this episode

The episode discusses the views of Scripture in the 2nd century, focusing on heretical movements and the stance of St. Ireneaus.

This essay and lecture will open your eyes to the reality of the Church and the Holy Scriptures in the 2nd century. St. Hilarion addresses the views of Scripture held by two heretical movements of the day, Marcionism and Montanism, as well as the stance of St. Ireneaus of Lyon vis-a-vis Holy Scripture and the heretics. If you are a devotee of "sola scriptura" and under the influencce of the Protestant misunderstanding of the place of Scripture in the Church, this lecture will help you ...

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Peter Heers

Topics covered

• Church history
• Holy Scriptures
• heretical movements
• Marcionism
• Montanism
• St. Ireneaus
• sola scriptura

Keywords

• New Testament
• 2nd century
• St. Hilarion Troitsky
• Marcionism
• Montanism
• Holy Scripture
• sola scriptura

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marcionism, Montanism

Books & works: New Testament

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