December 8, 2017 – 8:00 pm
This week we begin our look at the controversy over Pelagianism as the Church seeks to understand our capacity to do the good and avoid the evil. Differences in the views of the Churches of the East and North Africa will make establishing a common position much more difficult.
Links:
Calvinist print depicting Pelagius.
Augustine’s On Free Will and On Merit and the Forgiveness of Sins, and the Baptism of Infants
413 AD Letter of Augustine to Pelagius
411 AD Council of Carthage condemning Caelestius
415 AD Synod of Diaspolis at Lydda exonerating Pelagius
Fr. Seraphim’s Amazon Christmas Wish List
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#418 – A History of the Catholic Church – Sin and Free Will
We start calling the bishops of Rome – the popes of Rome. Priscillian of Avila offers us an example of the challenges of the rising ascetical movement as bishop fights against bishop in Spain.
Links:
Photo of Gold-glass depiction of Jonah and the whale by Anne-Marie Bouché
More on Priscillian.
Various New Testament Apocrypha, including those that Priscillian would have used.
About the so-called Epistle of Saint Paul to the Laodiceans
Map of the Roman provinces in Hispania at the time of Priscillian. Priscillian and his main support was found in Spanish Galicia/Gallaecia.
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#382 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Problem of Priscillian – Part I
January 27, 2017 – 8:00 pm
After a brief examination of the 382 Synod of Rome and Damasus’ views on the primacy of the bishop of Rome, we look at the first part of Jerome’s work on the Vulgate – his revision of the Gospels. Today Jerome is praised for his work on what will become the official Latin version of the New Testament. However, that was not so much the case at the beginning.
Links:
Painting of Saint Jerome by José de Ribera
The Damasine List of Canonical Scriptures reputedly accepted at the 382 Synod of Rome
Resources on the Vetus Latina or Old Latin Scriptures
Peter Lorenz’ blog posts on Jerome, Ambrosiaster and their conflict over the validity of the Vetus Latina
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#374 – A History of the Catholic Church – Jerome Versus Ambrosiaster
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