https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com A new six-part series from Fourth Presbyterian Church, looking at how the New Testament as we know it came into being.

]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:12:39 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality:Christianity 1440 episodic Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22680827/Creating_the_Canon_Graphic_26d9tx.jpg https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com 144 144 Episode 3: The Apostolic Fathers https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-3-the-apostolic-fathers/ https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-3-the-apostolic-fathers/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:12:39 -0500 creatingthecanon.podbean.com/d3ec53df-ea6a-3b1b-9a47-f71644a6a1fe 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 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.

]]> Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago false No 1139 3 full Episode 2: The Gospels and Other Epistles https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-2-the-gospels-and-other-epistles/ https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-2-the-gospels-and-other-epistles/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:25:55 -0500 creatingthecanon.podbean.com/97f74086-ff5a-3e0c-b624-c3d36feebd04 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 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.

]]> Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago false No 1125 2 full Episode 1: Oral Tradition and Paul's Letters https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-1-oral-tradition-and-pauls-letters/ https://creatingthecanon.podbean.com/e/episode-1-oral-tradition-and-pauls-letters/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:26:50 -0500 creatingthecanon.podbean.com/82c6795c-f0b0-339f-b024-0230a7bfbf38 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.

]]> 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.

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