History of the Papacy Podcast

Eusebius of Caesarea is known as the father of Church history. He is one of our few sources who lived during the Persecution of Diocletian and conversion of Constantine. In this Sidetrack episode, we ...

12 Jan 201412min

In this episode we take a look at the very unstable situation in the late 3rd century and early 4th century AD in the Roman Empire. Christianity is gaining converts, but major storm clouds are on the ...

29 Dec 201331min

In this seventh installment of our Sidetrack shows, we are discussing the political and governmental situation Diocletian found himself in and what he created. The Roman Empire was in terrible shape a...

9 Dec 201316min

This is first installment of a two part series of Sidetrack Episodes on the background of the various reforms of Diocletian. We will focus primarily on the economic reforms of Diocletian and discussed...

1 Dec 201339min

Sidetrack Episode 5 - Boniface the Eighth, Unsung Hero is available for download. This episode originally aired on the History Collage presented by History Podcasters.com, but includes bonus commentar...

24 Nov 201313min

This time on the History of the Papacy Podcast's Sidetrack episodes, we will take a closer look at the impact of the Plague of Cyprian on the growth of the early Christian movement. We will see if a m...

3 Nov 201316min

Christianity and the Roman Papacy have weathered a serious persecution and the fall out of how to deal with the Christians who had sacrficed. Now we are entering a long period of relative peace and qu...

27 Okt 201331min

This is the third of our Sidetrack Episodes. In this Sidetrack we look at a Pope who was not a Pope of Rome, but instead a Pope of Alexandria. Dionysius was the Bishop of Alexandria, then as today the...

19 Okt 201313min