Pope Leo the Great seeks to exercise his authority over the Church of Italy to ensure right practice and right doctrine – particularly in struggles against resurgent Manicheanism and Pelagianism.
Links:
Icon of Leo the Great.
Leo on prohibiting episcopal ordination to slaves on serfs
Leo the the bishops of Sicily on baptism
Leo on the Manicheans
Leo on the Pelagians
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#448 – A History of the Catholic Church – Plenitutudo Potestatis
September 22, 2017 – 8:00 pm
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
Priscillian’s triumphant return to Hispania does not last long. He faces renewed charges of heresy and sorcery and his fate is placed in the hands of the new emperor Magnus Maximus.
Links:
Photo of gem engraved with image of the Crucifixion courtesy of the British Museum.
Pope Leo I’s letter on the errors of the Priscillians
Augustine on Priscillians
Acts of the Council of Toledo [in Spanish]
Virginia Burrus, The Making of a Heretic: Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy
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#383 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Problem of Priscillian – Part II
Continuing our history of the conversion of Armenia, we look at the religious and political reasons that motivate that country’s shift from paganism to Christianity. We begin our movement into the Great Persecution with a look at Diocletian’s desire to promote devotion to the Roman gods and his persecution of the Manicheans.
Links:
Image: Image of Gregory the Illuminator
See last episode for links on Armenia
Map of the spread of Christianity by 300 AD
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#332 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Illuminator And The Emperor
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