Second Century Controversies and the New Testament Canon
From Search the Scriptures Live by Dr. Jeannie Constantinou, and Ancient Faith Ministries
February 10, 2026
About this episode
The episode discusses the controversies of the second century that led to the formation of the New Testament canon and the initial perceptions of apostolic writings as Scripture.
Developments occurred in the second century that impacted the Church, and eventually, controversies and crises created the need for a Christian collection of Scripture. But which books would be included? Apostolic writings were not immediately considered "Scripture." Why not? "Galway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Jeannie Constantinou
Topics covered
- second century
- Christianity
- New Testament
- Scripture
- Church controversies
- Apostolic writings
Keywords
- second century
- Christian collection of Scripture
- New Testament canon
- Apostolic writings
- Church controversies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries
Books & works: New Testament Canon
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