December 14, 2018 – 8:00 pm
We look at the role of Christianity in the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West and the continuing conflict over the Council of Chalcedon in the East as seen in Emperor Basiliscus’ Encyclical.
Links:
Image of Daniel the Stylite
Map of Europe in 476
Basiliscus’ Encyclical – found in Chapter 4
Fr. Seraphim’s Christmas Wish List
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#471 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Fall of the West
December 7, 2018 – 8:00 pm
The collapse of imperial power in the West posed new challenges for the Popes of Rome who struggled to maintain control. Meanwhile, in the East, the conflict over the Council of Chalcedon heated up once more with the arrival of Peter the Fuller.
Links:
Image of Pope Hilarius
Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch
Fr. Seraphim’s Christmas Wish List
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#470 – A History of the Catholic Church – Who was Crucified for Us
December 2, 2018 – 4:16 pm
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:
#444 – Canons and Deliberations
#445 – Formula of Union
#446 – The Bishop of Ireland
#447 – The Tome of Proclus
#448 – Plenitudo Potestatis
Subscribe to Catholic:Under The Hood Classics via:
RSS Feed
ITunes
To listen, just click on the link below:
Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 444 to 448
November 30, 2018 – 8:00 pm
The clergy of the Church had roles and responsibilities beyond the sacramental. As Augustine noted, the “bishop’s burden” included participation in civil society as well. With an increased political role came increased power and an increased opportunity for corruption.
Links:
Mosaic of the North African Bishop Quodvulteus
Geoffrey D. Dunn, “The Clerical Cursus Honorum in the Late Antique Roman Church”, Scrinium, 9, #1, 120-133.
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#469 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Ideal Bishop
November 23, 2018 – 8:03 pm
As the Church grew, so did the number of the saints and so did the diversity of their stories. The beginnings of the fifth century also saw increased devotion to Mary and new ways of showing one’s appreciation for the saints. Plus, Peter Chrysologus and Patrick of Ireland.
Links:
Photo of ampulla from Shrine of Sergius
The Trier Adventus Ivory showing an imperial procession with holy relics
Selections from sermons by Peter Chrysologus
Writings of St. Patrick
On the transition of the relics of St. Stephen
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#468 – A History of the Catholic Church – Exemplars of the Faith
November 16, 2018 – 8:00 pm
In this episode, we look at changes in the Church’s liturgical and sacramental practice in the first half of the 5th century – how the church of Rome used liturgy to promote unity and Augustine’s problem with a congregant over liturgical innovation [on Augustine’s part]. We finish with an examination of the developing understanding of Christian education.
Links:
Drawing of Changes in the clerical pallium
Augustine On the Teacher and On Christian Doctrine
Papanicolaou – The Educational Principles of St. Augustine”
Salzman, Michele Renee. “Leo’s Liturgical Topography: Contestations for Space in Fifth-Century Rome.” The Journal of Roman Studies 103 (2013): 208-32.
“Augustine on liberal education: Defender and defensive” The Heythrop Journal 51(3):377 – 387 · August 2009
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#467 – A History of the Catholic Church – Changing Rituals
November 9, 2018 – 8:00 pm
The increasing dominance of the Catholic Church over its rivals was revealed in the legislation of the Roman Empire and in the violence of monks against pagans, Jews, and heretics. Indeed, by the mid-5th century, we find a growing willingness to punish theological differences with the highest penalties.
Links:
Photo of Santa Sabina with pillars taken from destroyed pagan temple by Dnalor 01
Imperial laws against pagans, Jews, and heretics
Augustine on pagan violence in Suffectum and in Calama and here.
Socrates Scholasticus on violence by Jews
Hunt, E. D. St. Stephen in Minorca: An Episode in Jewish-Christian Relations in the Early 5th Century A.D.
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#466 – A History of the Catholic Church – Combating Error
November 2, 2018 – 8:00 pm
The complex interaction between Catholic teaching and the historic traditions of the Greco-Roman tradition on the particular issues of slavery and the treatment of the poor are the focus of this episode and help us to see the how Christianity affected and was affected by the surrounding culture.
Links:
Photo of mosaic of two Roman slaves carrying wine jars by Paschal Radique
CL de Wet The Punishment of Slaves in Early Christianity: The Views of Some Selected Church Fathers
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli – “Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery” was a major source for this episode as was Peter Brown’s “Through the Eye of a Needle”.
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#465 – A History of the Catholic Church – Freedom in Christ
October 30, 2018 – 9:41 pm
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
Subscribe to Catholic:Under The Hood Classics via:
RSS Feed
ITunes
To listen, just click on the link below:
Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 439 to 443
October 26, 2018 – 8:00 pm
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
The Maskell Passion Ivories
Old Testament Mosaics at Santa Maria Maggiore
Other images of the mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore
Images of the architecture of Santa Sabina
Check out the other great Catholic podcasts at the Starquest Production Network
To listen, just click on the link below:
#464 – A History of the Catholic Church – Imagining the Holy
catholicunderthehood.com 
.jpg){kind=link}
#/media/File:Santa_Sabina_Portal.jpg){kind=link}