Presenting more of the back episodes of the History of the Catholic Church series no longer on the main podcast feed.
Episodes in this volume:
#439 – Prosopon of Union
#440 – Hypostatic Union
#441 – Twelve Anathemas
#442 – Preparation for Ephesus
#443 – Cyril Triumphant
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Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 439 to 443
The first half of the 5th century sees significant changes in Christian artistic representation of Christ and the Virgin Mary in response to the growing power of the Church and the recent controversy over Mary as the Mother of God. Church construction also underwent some important developments both in terms of placement and architecture.
Links:
Image of from the Quedlinburg Itala.
Later image of the Hodegetria – perhaps similar to the image recovered by Empress Eudocia
Homily by Asterius of Amasea on wealthy wearing clothes covered with religious images
Mosaics at the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia – including mosaic of Good Shepherd
Photo of the wooden panels of the Basilica of Santa Sabina
Description of the wooden panels
Old Testament Mosaics at Santa Maria Maggiore
Other images of the mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore
Images of the architecture of Santa Sabina
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#464 – A History of the Catholic Church – Imagining the Holy
Augustine tells us how music should be composed and appreciated, as well as letting us know his favorite hymn. Synesius of Cyrene, Sedulius, Mesrop Mashtots and Maruthas of Martyropolis give us examples of music appreciated by Christians both inside and outside the Roman Empire.
Links:
Image of hymn A solis ortus cardine.
Article on Augustine’s Musical thought
Ambrose’ Deus Creator Omnium in English
Hymns of Synesius in English
Audio of hymn ascribed to Synesius
Hymns of Sedulius in Latin and in English/Latin and here
Sedulius’ “A solils ortus cardine” in Gregorian chant
Ktsurds by Mesrop Mashtots – in English
Audio of hymn by Mesrop Mashtots
The English translation to Maruthas of Martyroplis’ hymn Onyatha d-Sahde can be found here
Audio of hymn Onyatha d-Sahde ascribed to Maruthas of Martyropolis
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#463 – A History of the Catholic Church – Making a Joyful Noise
The poetry of Empress Eudocia and Paulinus of Nola revealed the tensions that existed in a culture that both praised and rejected the literary works of the past – those of Homer and Virgil. For Eudocia and Paulinus, the examples of the great pagan poets of yesterday could be used to praise Christ in the Roman Empire of their present.
Links:
Icon of Saint Eudocia.
Cătălina Mărmureanu, Gianina Cernescu, Laura Lixandru, Early Christian Women Writiers: The Interesting Lives and Works of Faltonia Betitia Proba and Athenais-Eudocia, Bucharest 2008.
Brian Sowers, Eudocia: The Making of a Homeric Christian
Poetry of Paulinus of Nola [in Latin]
English translations of some of Paulinus’ poetry can be found in this text.
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#462 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Poetry of Eudocia
Throughout the Christological Controversy, monastics played an important role. While many monks, especially in Egypt, supported Mono/Miaphysitism, there were also important communities defending Chalcedon – such as the Maronite community in Syria. In the West, Eastern monasticism will influence the development of monastic communities in Gaul as monks sought to replicate the Egyptian desert experience in the mountains and the forests.
Links:
Icon of Saint Maron.
The Lausiac History of Palladius presenting the history of Egyptian monasticism in this period
Information on the Monastery of St. Euthymius
History of the Maronites
Information on the Abbey of Lérins – in French
Abbot Paul Naaman. The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene Church. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publication. 2011
Yizhar Hirschfeld, “Eutymius and His Monastery in the Judean Desert”. Liber Annuus. 43. 1993. 339-371
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#461 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Maronites
Presenting more of the back episodes of the History of the Catholic Church series no longer on the main podcast feed.
Episodes in this volume:
#434 – Shenoute
#435 – Free Will and Monasticism
#436 – Cassian and Grace
#437 – The Oncoming Storm
#438 – Christotokos
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Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 434 to 438
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