The Bible wasn’t created by one man, one council, or one secret meeting — it was received, preserved, and recognized by the people of God over time.
How did Christians know which books belonged in the Bible? This video gives a simple introduction to how Scripture was written, copied, circulated, and recognized by the early Church. From the Old Testament Scriptures used by Jesus and the apostles to the New Testament writings read in Christian worship, this episode explains how the Bible was formed — not as an invention of later men, but as the historic collection of writings the Church received as inspired, apostolic, and authoritative.