History of the Papacy Podcast

The creed or statement of beliefs from the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea was what the whole thing was really about.  The Church and Constantine had a whole agenda of other various gripes, issues ...

5 Juni 201437min

In this Sidetrack Episode installment, we have a special guest host who will take use through the connections between the Jewish Passover and the Christian Easter celebration. This connection is much ...

5 Juni 201415min

In this Sidetrack Episode installment, we will take a closer look at someone who was one of the most important figures in Christian history, but does not get very much attention. Helena, the mother of...

25 Maj 201413min

The First Ecumenical Council, The Council of Nicaea, wasn’t just about Arianism. The Council had a laundry list of controversies, problems, gripes and grievances to deal with which had built up in the...

24 Maj 201421min

In this Sidetrack Episode, we will continue to discuss the importance of the Easter Holiday and celebration. This time though, we will go down a sidetrack we’ve never gone down before, a book review. ...

8 Maj 201414min

In this Sidetrack Episode, we will take a look at one of the main influences on the Christian Celebration of Easter. Passover is a Jewish Holiday that was thousands of years old by the time of Jesus a...

2 Maj 201427min

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