November 10, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Alaric sacks the city of Rome. Augustine justifies the use of force to convert the Donatists to Catholicism.
Links:
Image of Christians of Rome saving holy vessels from Alaric and the Visigoths.
Map of Western Europe in 410 AD.
Augustine’s Treatise concerning the correction of the Donatists
Augustine’s letters justifying the use of state coercion
Material on Augustine’s views on religious coercion can be found here, here, and here.
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#415 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Sack of Rome
November 3, 2017 – 8:00 pm
The Western Empire faces barbarian invasions and civil war. The Eastern treatment of Chrysostom breaks the Church in two.
Links:
Possible image of Stilicho and his family.
Map of the barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire
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#414 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Fall of Stilicho
October 27, 2017 – 8:00 pm
The deposition and exile of John Chrysostom causes problems in the Church in the East and the West – persecutions, factions and the threat of a schism between Rome and Constantinople.
Links:
Icon of John Chrysostom.
Correspondence between Pope Innocent I of Rome and Bishop John Chrysostom
Letter of Pope Theophilus of Alexandria to Jerome on Chrysostom
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#413 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Controversy over Chrysostom
October 20, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Theophilus of Alexandria arrives in Constantinople prepared to make war. Empress Eudoxia is enraged. John Chrysostom finds himself in a most precarious situation.
Links:
Image of John Chrysostom going into exile.
Paladius on the crisis involving Chrysostom
Acts of the Synod of the Oak
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#412 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Synod of the Oak
October 13, 2017 – 8:00 pm
In the West, Emperor Honorious declares war on the Donatists. In the East, Theophilus of Alexandria and Epiphanius of Salamis take on John Chrysostom.
Links:
Image of John Chrysostom and Empress Eudoxia by Jean-Paul Laurens.
Lists of Canonical Scriptures throughout history
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#411 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Conflict Over Origen – Round Four
October 6, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Pope Theophilis of Alexandria and the monks of Nitria clash violently over the orthodoxy of Origen.
Links:
Image of Pope Theophilus of Alexandria.
Synodal letter of Theophilus condemning Origenism
Letter of Jerome to Theophilus on Origen
OCA commemoration of 10,000 Martyred Fathers
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#410 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Conflict Over Origen – Round Three
October 2, 2017 – 11:49 am
In Hippo, Augustine tries to convince the Donatists to rejoin the Catholic Church. In Constantinople, John Chrysostom becomes bishop.
Links:
Icon of the Deaconess Olympias.
Map of the Dioceses of the Roman Empire in 400 AD
Augustine’s writings against the Donatists
Augustine’s Psalmus Contra Partem Donati in Latin
Life of Olympias the Deaconess
Chrysostom’s Letters to Olympias
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#409 – A History of the Catholic Church – Augustine and Chrysostom
September 22, 2017 – 8:00 pm
After the death of Theodosius the Great, the Roman Empire found itself in a precarious situation. Augustine becomes bishop of Hippo.
Links:
Image of Pendant of Maria, daughter of Stilicho, with form of Christogram by PHGCOM.
Map of final division of Roman Empire at death of Theodosius the Great
Monastic Rule of Saint Augustine
Augustine’s writings against Manicheanism
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#408 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Empire in Decline
September 15, 2017 – 8:00 pm
The peace between Jerome and Rufinus did not last long as the controversy over Origen erupts in the West. Friendships are broken and the faithful are divided.
Links:
Image of Rufinus by Frederick Bloemaert.
Rufinus:
Selections from Rufinus’ Apology for Origen
Rufinus’ letter to Pope Anastasius I
Jerome:
Friendly letter to Rufinus
Hostile letter about Rufinus
Apology against Rufinus
Pope Anastasius I:
Letter on errors of Origen
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#407 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Conflict over Origen – Part Two
September 8, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Origen was one of the most prolific and influential theologians of the Early Church. But not everyone felt that his influence was positive. This week, we see why Origen was so controversial.
Links:
Image of Origen.
Attacks on Origen:
Bishop Methodius of Olympus:
On the Resurrection
Bishop Epiphanius of Salamis:
394 Letter to Bishop John of Jerusalem
Jerome:
398/399 Letter on Bishop John of Jerusalem
Defenses of Origen:
Gregory Thaumaturgus:
Oration to Origen
Pamphilius:
Defense of Origen
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#406 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Conflict over Origen – Part One
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