History of the Papacy Podcast

Arianism might not have been the idea of Arius of Alexandria alone, but he was the one who definitely popularized that set of theological positions. The writings, creeds and canons of the First Ecumen...

16 Apr 201426min

The Council of Nicaea in 325 dealt with many issues and involved many larger than life personalities. Arius of Alexandria was as large as any of the other big names. He may not have invented the theol...

11 Apr 201430min

Meletius of Lycopolis may not be a household name, but this bishop from the middle of Egypt set the wheels in motion for the necessity of a Church wide council in 325. There were so many problems in t...

4 Apr 201423min

Alexandria and Antioch were major centers of Christian learning and Origen highly influenced both schools. Origen was one of the greatest Christian theologians of all times, but had many ideas which w...

26 Mar 201428min

Arius didn’t develop his theology in a vacuum, instead there were a number of thinkers and theologians who influenced him. Two of these people were Paul of Samosata and Lucian of Antioch. Each of thes...

15 Mar 201415min

This is the introductory episode to our new multipart series on the First Council of Nicaea in 325AD. We will take a quick look at the issues that were faced at this first Ecumenical council, as well ...

9 Mar 201430min

In this Sidetrack Episode, we will take a look at the developments in early church architecture during the period of Constantine the Great. The meeting space of Christians will go from simple house Ch...

2 Mar 201422min

In this final episode in our series on the history of the Popes prior to the Council of Nicaea, we will discuss the facts and legends of Pope Sylvester. We will see that even though Sylvester was Pope...

8 Feb 201423min