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In this episode, Matt examines how a 2nd century church heretic named Marcion sparked  debate among church leaders around what truly should be considered scripture.

In this episode, Matt looks at how the church continued to grow and change as it moved into the 2nd century, along with an increasing reliance on works like Paul's letters and the Gospels.

In this second episode, Matt examines how the closing decades of the 1st century were a critical time for the formation of what would become the New Testament, along with how the church began to organize itself for the future.

In this initial episode, Matt takes a look back at the first few decades of the church and how they set the stage for what would become the writings of the New Testament.