Lesson 2 - The Ancient Church

Today we will see how the early church began the stabilizing process of defining orthodox beliefs and arguing against the variety of heresies that appeared in the first and second centuries. See how the aberrant theology of some teachers made it necessary for the church to define more clearly the biblical understanding of Jesus as both human and divine. Meet early church fathers like Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and others as the church’s first theologians gained prominence. And what Bible did early Christians use before the final canon of the New Testament was fully recognized in the fourth century?