Light Through the Past
By Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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A Survey of Church History
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Florence and the Roman Primacy
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Florence and Purgatory. The Debate
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May 28, 2026 |
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Florence and Purgatory. An Introduction
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May 21, 2026 |
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Florence and the Filioque, part 2
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May 14, 2026 |
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Florence and the Filioque
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May 07, 2026 |
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St. Mark of Ephesus and Latin Theology
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Making Sense of the Council of Florence
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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From Constance to Florence
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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A Eucharistic Divertimento
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The Rise of Conciliarism
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Blaspheming, Sword-wielding Monks: The Knights Templar and the Council of Florence
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Intro to the Council of Florence: A Pope so Important even the Bees Love Him
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The Faith of the Orthodox, the Faith of Blachernae
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Cleaning Up Michael VIII's Mess: The Council of Blachernae, part 1
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The Aftermath of the Council of Lyons
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Political Union of Lyons
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Michael VIII Palaeologos and the Byzantine Dilemma
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Consequences of the Sack of Constantinople
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Fourth Crusade
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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A Prelude to the 4th Crusade
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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The Tension between the Churches in the 12th Century
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Anselm of Havelberg and Church Unity
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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St. Leo the Great, Pope St. Nicholas, and Answering a Philosophical Question
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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"Lies! All Lies" The Symmachian and Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals in the Formation of Papal Dogma
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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St. Photios, the Mystagoge, and the Council of 879
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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St. Photios and the Filioque: An Introduction
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Persecuted Monastics and Imperial Factions
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Pope St. Leo the Great as Legal Heir of St. Peter
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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An Episode 1700 Years in the Making 4
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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An Episode 1700 Years in the Making, Part 3
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Nicaea: A Podcast 1700 Years in the Making, Part 2
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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An Episode 1700 Years in the Making
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Pope St. Leo the Great: An Introduction
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Pope St. Julius, St. Athanasius, and the Council of Sardica
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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To Baptize or Not to Baptize: A 3rd Century Test between Saints
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Pope St. Victor Again, and a "Touching" Reminiscence
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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St. Irenaeus and the Bishop of Rome
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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St. Peter and the First 2 Centuries of the Church
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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St. Peter in the Book of Acts
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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St. Peter's Primacy in the Gospels
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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The Authority of the Pope & the Schism: An Introduction
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Anslem of Bec and the Filioque
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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A Record of Errors
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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1054 and All That
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Revolution in Eleventh-Century Rome
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The Dissonant Theology of the Latin West on the Spirit
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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A Clash of Titans: The confrontation of Pope St. Nicholas and Patriarch St. Photios
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Shambolic Theology and Ecclesiastical Mayhem
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The 8th-Century Politics of the Filioque
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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St. Maximos the Confessor and the Filioque
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Council of Toledo
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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The Filioque between St. Augustine and the Council of Toledo (589)
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May 29, 2025 |
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The Western Origins of the Filioque
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May 22, 2025 |
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Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Nyssa and the Filoque
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May 15, 2025 |
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An Introduction to the Schism, Part 2
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May 08, 2025 |
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An Introduction to the Schism
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Trail of the Papacy: Calculating Pascha
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Betrayal of St. Benedict
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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St. Benedict and the Pursuit of God
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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St. Benedict's Abbot
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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St. Benedict and the Work of God
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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St. Benedict's Monastic World
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Pangur Bán the Mousing Monastic Cat
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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St. Patrick and the Druids
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The World & Early Life of St. Patrick
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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St. Martin of Tours & the Beginning of Latin Monasticism
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The Troubled Birth of Asia Minor's Monasticism
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Monastic Communities of Egypt
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The Pachomian Shift in Monasticism
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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St. Antony the Pattern of Monks
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Martyrdom and Monasticism
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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St. Ignatius' Own Words on His Martyrdom
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Monasticism: Simplicity on the Path to Flame
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The Monastic Pursuit of God: an Introit
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Pope Vigilius and the Three Chapters
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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How Ought We to Think about Ecumenical Councils?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Justinian: Emperor, Theologian, Saint
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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A Short Thanksgiving Intro to emperor St. Justinian
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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The Cyrillian Defense of Chalcedon 2: Leontius of Jerusalem
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The Cyrillian Defense of Chalcedon
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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A Land of Confusion: the Strange Byways of the Defenders of Chalcedon
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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There's Something Happening Here. What It Is Ain't Exactly Clear.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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The Undulating Status of Chalcedon before 518
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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The Henotikon of the Emperor Zeno
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Two Decades of Crises Following Chalcedon
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Empire and State after Chalcedon
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Chalcedon: Where We've Been & Where We're Going
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Latin Fathers on the Matter of Chalcedon
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Chalcedon the Cyrillian Council
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Chalcedon Begins
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The Latrocinium (Robber) Council of 449
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The Road to Chalcedon
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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St. Cyril and the Correct Language at the Correct Time
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Let the Heavens Rejoice!; The End of the Nestorian Schism
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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The Council of Ephesus
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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The Shambolic Road to the Council of Ephesus
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Saint Cyril, Nestorius, and the Mounting Controversy
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Union in Christ: The Christology of St. Cyril of Alexandria
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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The Theology of Archbishop Nestorius
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Constantinople on the Even of the Council of Ephesus
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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What has Alexandria to do with Antioch: Theological Assumptions on the Eve of the Nestorian Controversy
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Alexandria as the Logical Place for Heated Theological Disputes
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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A Division in Type: Allegory and History, Alexandria and Antioch
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Origen & Nestorius: A look forward to the Christological Controversies
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May 30, 2024 |
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The Lord of History
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May 23, 2024 |
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St. Augustine contra Pagan History
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May 16, 2024 |
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Let God Arise: the fourth-century fathers on what was happening at Pascha
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May 09, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and a Resurgent Paganism
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May 02, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and the Civitatem Aeternam
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and the Angelic Destiny of Man
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and Predestination
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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St. Augustine, Pelagius, and the Human Condition
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Tradition! Tradition!
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The Pelagians are Coming! The Pelagians are Coming!
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and the Unity and Purity of the Church
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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St. Augustine and the Harmonious Soul
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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The Conversions and Conversion of St. Augustine
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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St. Augustine's life to his conversion
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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St. Augustine: The path to Christ through Cicero, Mani, and Plato
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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St. Augustine: An Introduction
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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What is History? What is Tradition?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 100: Almost All the Questions Answered
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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St. John Cassian the Roman and Pelagianism
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Many Faces of the Origenist Controversy
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Evagrius the Apathetic Origenist
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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St. Epiphanius and the Origenists
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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The Icon of the Invisible God
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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An Introduction to the First Origenist Controversy
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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The Exile of St. John Chrysostom
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Synod of the Oak
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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St. John and St. Epiphanius
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom and the Tall Brothers
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom and the Coming Storm
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom and the Gothic General
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Saint John Chrysostom and Constantinople
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Dr. Aristeides Papadakis: A Remembrances of a Mentor and Friend
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Statues and Fear: The Lenten Crisis of 387
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom's Early Years as Priest & Preacher
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom's Diaconal Writings
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom and the Decade of Crisis: 371-381
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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St. John Chrysostom's Early Life
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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St. Ambrose and Sacramental Political Theology, 2
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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St. Ambrose and Sacramental Political Theology, part 1
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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St. Ambrose and the Sacrament of the Father
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Saint Ambrose and the Arians: Part 2
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Saint Ambrose and the Arians: Part 1
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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St. Ambrose and the Confrontation with Paganism
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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St. Gregory the Theologian and the Holy Spirit
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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The Second Ecumenical Council
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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A Q&A Greater Than Which Cannot Be Thought
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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St. Basil and the Holy Trinity
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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St. Basil the Great and his Chaotic World
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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St. Gregory of Nyssa and His Long Refutation of Apollinarius
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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St. Gregory of Nyssa Contra Apollinarium
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May 17, 2023 |
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St. Gregory the Theologian & the Apollinarian Heresy
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May 11, 2023 |
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The Calamities of St. Gregory the Theologian
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Trail of the Heretic: Apollinaris & His Background
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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The Once & Future Heretic: Apollinaris of Laodicea
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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A Detour to What is Necessary with Saints Sophronius, Zosima, Antony, and Mary of Egypt.
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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The Confrontation of Church and Empire
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Saint Antony & His Life
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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St. Athanasius and His Last Years
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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St. Athanasius & The Defense of Nicaean Orthodoxy
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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St. Athanasius, Punch and Counter-Punch
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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The Trials and Travails of St. Athanasius
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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St. Athanasios: An Introduction
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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The World Groaned to Find Itself Arian
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Saint Constantine the Great
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The Council of Nicaea 2
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Nicaean Crisis, Part 1
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Dipping into the Mailbag
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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An Heresiarch Like None Other: Arius of Alexandria
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Arianism from Newman to Vaggione
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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The Problem of Constantine's Conversion
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Who Converted Whom?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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The Great Persecution Begins in Earnest
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Theban Legion and Its Despisers and Detractors
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The Dawn of the Great Persecution
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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St. Dionysius of Alexandria and the Continued Ambiguity of Language
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Novatian, A Trinitarian Ahead of His Time
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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St. Hippolytus and the Trinitarian Controversy in Rome
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Tradition, the Deposit of Faith, and the Development of Doctrine
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Tertullian, the Trinity, and Monarchianism in Rome
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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St. Irenaeus, and the Trinitarian Economy of Redemption
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Saint Justin Martyr and the Word of the Ineffable God
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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The Long Road to Homoousios: The Historical Path of the Church's Trinitarian Faith
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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World Without End! Origen and His System Part 2
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Angels in Camel Skins: Origen on Angels and St. John the Baptist
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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How Much Platonism Can You Take? Origen and His System Part 1
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Moses My Servant is Dead: Origen and Reading the Scriptures
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Origen and the Science of Reading the Bible #1
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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The Life & Times of Origen of Alexandria
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Finding Gold in the Mud: Origen of Alexandria
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Filling up the Martyrology, The Decian Persecution
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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The Imperial Persecutions Begin
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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The Intellectual Attacks on Second-Century Christians
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The Slave Girl Who Revealed Christ: The Martyrs of Lyons
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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A Brutal but Glorious Martyrdom: After Peace, Persecution Begins in Earnest
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Life in Death: The Theology of Martyrdom
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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The Heresiarch Unlike All Others: The Strange and Legendary History of Simon Magus.
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Did St. Paul Betray Jesus: Hellenization You Say?
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Clement of Alexandria: Recovering Platonist, Christian Humanist, or Learned Puritan?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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What Hath Plato (& Philo) to do with Athanasius? Alexandria as the Heart of the Mediterranean World
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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The Montanists Athwart the Church's First 170 Years
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May 31, 2022 |
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The Apostolic and Eucharistic Ministry of the Church
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May 23, 2022 |
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St. Irenaeus and Bishops as the Repositories of the Apostolic Ministry
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May 16, 2022 |
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The Obscure (and even Messy) History of the Monoepiscopacy prior to A.D. 150
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May 10, 2022 |
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Two Questions Along the Way to Irenaeus and Bishops
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May 02, 2022 |
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St. Irenaeus on the Eucharist Confirming our Faith
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Redemption and Recapitulation in St. Irenaeus.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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St. Irenaeus, the Incarnation as Foundation of Creation
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Four Fell Horsemen: The Chief Targets of St. Irenaeus' Labors
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Who Were the Gnostics, and Where and How Did They Arise?
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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St. Irenaeus
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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St. Justin Martyr, the Philosopher
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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St. Ignatius of Antioch
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Early Gnostic Sects
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Intro to the Roman Empire
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Introduction
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Feb 14, 2022 |