About this episode

The episode explores the factors and decisions involved in the creation of the New Testament canon.

What were the main factors considered for including books in the Christian canon, which books were easily accepted, and which books faced opposition? Who decided ultimately which books the New Testament would contain? The answer is not what you think! "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

• Christian canon
• New Testament
• book inclusion
• religious texts
• historical decisions

Keywords

• New Testament
• Christian canon
• book inclusion
• religious texts
• historical decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries

Books & works: New Testament

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