Critics today can be heard saying that the canonical Gospels are late and cannot be trusted - so let's discover if the New Testament is historical or not.

Documents of the New Testament are validated by every discovery, and now we have enough evidence from letters among Christians who were contemporary with the apostles, to place all of the writings of the New Testament in the first century.

Possibly the most significant discovery yet made relating to the background of early Bible times, the Elba tablets describe a period 1000 years before Moses. Jack

Of all the major religions, Christianity and Judaism are unique, distinguished from all others in their historicity…they are historic.

Some critics claim that the apostles we've discussed are a fabrication, a "Christ Myth"- but do not do so on the grounds of historical evidence.

There are many more Apostolic Fathers we could study, but for now we'll look at just one more, Irenaeus.

As we catch a glimpse of first and early second century writings and memoirs of devout Christian writers, we should not leave out Polycarp.

In this series so far we've briefly visited the 1st and 2nd century church, but now let's look at elegant Latin memoirs of a Christian lawyer, Marcus Felix.

Today we'll look at Justin, whose writings are considered, outside of the New Testament, some of the most valuable early Christian writings.

Next we'll look at Ignatius, also called Theophorus: a bold and fearless martyr and the second bishop of Antioch.