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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