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August 13, 2015 – 11:29 am
#297 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Two Ways
August 7, 2015 – 8:00 pm
As the Church approaches the end of the First Century, Christians in Alexandria, Antioch, and Rome continue to develop their faith both in light of the growing Gentile membership as well as in response to the continuing reality of sin.
Links:
Image of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Map of Christian communities at the end of the First Century
Map of Osroene/Edessa
Sources for Roman Church:
First Letter of Clement
The Shepherd of Hermas
Sources for Alexandrine Church:
The Epistle of Barnabas
Sources for Antiochine Church:
Epistles of Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Epistle of Polycarp
Martyrdom of Polycarp
Sources for Church outside Roman Empire
Odes of Solomon
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#297 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Two Ways
#296 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Council of Jerusalem
July 31, 2015 – 8:00 pm
Debates over the the acceptance of Gentiles into the Church and Paul’s missionary activity lead to the Council of Jerusalem. While it becomes easier for Gentiles to become Christians, it is part of a growing division in the Church. Jewish wars against the Romans will further alienate Christians from the Church’s Jewish traditions.
Links:
Image of stones from the destroyed Temple of Jerusalem
On the Council of Jerusalem
On the First Jewish-Roman War
On the Bar Kochba Uprising
On the Birkat Ha-Minim against Christians
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#296 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Council of Jerusalem
#295 – A History of the Catholic Church – Saint Paul
July 24, 2015 – 8:00 pm
As the young Christian Church begins to expand into the wider Roman world, it encounters a variety of beliefs and ideas such as Mystery Religions, Platonism and Stoicism. Into this world, will go Saint Paul – seen as the second founder of Christianity by some, a betrayer of the teachings of Jesus by others.
Links:
Image is Paul and Barnabas at Lystra by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem
Map of missionary journeys of Apostles
Map of missionary travels of Saint Paul
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#295 – A History of the Catholic Church – Saint Paul
#294 – A History of the Catholic Church – Martyrdom and Expansion
July 17, 2015 – 8:00 pm
Increasing tensions between Jewish and Hellenist Followers of the Way will eventually lead to the martyrdom of Saint Stephen and the flight of the Hellenists into the wider Hellenistic regions of the Roman Empire. This spreading of the faith will bring with it significant changes in the structure and practice of the early Church as they begin to be called Christians and they begin to welcome Gentiles.
Links:
Reputed location of stoning of Saint Stephen
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#294 – A History of the Catholic Church – Martyrdom and Expansion
#293 – A History of the Catholic Church – Eucharist in the Early Church
July 10, 2015 – 8:00 pm
One of the most important rituals of the early Church was the celebration of Eucharist, a ritual with roots in Jewish tradition – but with significance differences under the influence of the theology of the first Christians. This episode will look at these Jewish roots and how Christians understood what Jesus had done both at the Last Supper and in his death and resurrection.
Links:
Photo – icon of Last Supper
Didache – Chapters 9, 10 and 14 concern the Eucharist.
For more information, see Maxwell Johnson’s book, The Rites of Christian Initiation
Wikipedia article on the Cenacle, where the Last Supper took place
Article and images of the Temple of Asclepion in Corinth – including body parts that may have inspired St. Paul
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#293 – A History of the Catholic Church – Eucharist in the Early Church
Catholic locations recently declared World Heritage sites
July 5, 2015 – 1:20 pm
image by Cybjorg~commonswiki
Bethany beyond the Jordan – believed to be the location of St. John the Baptist’s baptism of Jesus
image by Travis Witt
Catholic sites in Sicily – including Cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale
#292 – A History of the Catholic Church – Baptism in the Early Church
July 3, 2015 – 8:00 pm
The Early Church believed that one could only become part of the Church Christ established through Baptism. While the roots of Christian baptism can be found in the acts of John the Baptist, in Christianity the theology of Baptism became something greater.
Links:
Photo of possible site of Jesus’ baptism by Producer
Image of Baptism by Immersion taken from 3rd century Catacombs of Saint Callisto
Image of Baptism by Affusion
Didache – Chapter 7 concerns baptism.
For more information, see Maxwell Johnson’s book, The Rites of Christian Initiation
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#291 – A History of the Catholic Church – Baptism in the Early Church
#291 – A History of the Catholic Church – Followers of the Way
June 26, 2015 – 8:53 pm
The Followers of the Way were united in their faith in the Risen Christ and the importance of Baptism and the Eucharist, but that won’t mean that the new leadership won’t have some problems.
Links:
Photo of the room of the Last Supper/the Cenacle by Marco Plasio
Wikipedia article on the Cenacle
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#291 – A History of the Catholic Church – Followers of the Way
#290 – A History of the Catholic Church – Jesus
June 19, 2015 – 10:00 pm
Catholic believe that their Church was founded by and on Jesus Christ but what does that mean? In this episode we look at how modern historians look at Jesus as well as how Jesus was understood by the Early Church.
Links:
Summaries of how different scholars have understood the Jesus of History can be found here and here
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#290 – A History of the Catholic Church – Jesus
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