History of the Papacy Podcast

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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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

In this Sidetrack episode we will discuss how the two concepts of the Church and churches as physical buildings are related. We will also begin to discuss the architecture of Christian churches. In fu...

25 Jan 201415min

The Christian Church and the Church in Rome was in turmoil and the Persecution of Diocletian was still in full swing. This is the situation we find ourselves in during the time period we will discuss ...

25 Jan 201426min