The Sack of Rome leads Christians to reassess the historical relationship between the Church and the State. Orosius goes in one direction. Augustine in another.
Links:
Woodcut of Augustine writing The City of God.
Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Augustine’s The City of God
Augustine on the Six Ages of the World
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#416 – A History of the Catholic Church – The City of God
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
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
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
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
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
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:
#374 – Jerome Versus Ambrosiaster
#375 – The Hebrew Verity
#376 – Be Fruitful and Multiply
#377 – Brides of Christ
#378 – The Velatio
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Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 374 to 378
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
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
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
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