February 22, 2019 – 8:00 pm

Controversy over the Acacian Schism leads to a schism with the Church of Rome and the bishops of Italy debate whether anyone but God can judge the actions of a Pope.
Links:
Mosaic at the Basilica of Saint Agnes. Pope Symmachus is to the left.
John Moorhead, The Laurentian Schism: East and West in the Roman Church
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#481 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Laurentian Schism
February 15, 2019 – 8:00 pm

Pope Gelasius I enunciates the proper relationship between the Pope of Rome and the Emperor and the proper relationship between the Pope of Rome and the Metropolitan Bishop of Constantinople. Unfortunately for Gelasius, the Emperor and Bishop of Constantinople have a different understanding.
After the death of Gelasius, Pope Anastasius II strives to ease tensions with the East, to disastrous results.
Links:
The Christ between St. Peter and the Emperor
Letter of Gelasius to Emperor Anastasius I enunciating two powers doctrine
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#480 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Gelasian Doctrine
February 8, 2019 – 8:00 pm

In Gaul, Clovis becomes the first of the Germanic leaders to adopt Nicene Christianity. In Rome, Pope Gelasius struggles to deal with the problems caused by recent wars in Italy. The Acacian Schism continues to fester.
Links:
The Baptism of Clovis by the Master of Saint Giles
Gregory of Tours on the Conversion of Clovis
The so-called Gelasian Decree
On the Lupercalia of Rome
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#479 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Baptism of Clovis