January 11, 2019 – 8:00 pm

As the conflict between East and West over the Henotikon continues, Pope Felix III needs to deal with Nicenes in North Africa abandoning the faith and the Ostrogoths invading Italy. We also look at the theology of Philoxenus of Mabbug.
Links:
Photo of coin of Theodoric the Great
Information on Philoxenus of Mabbug
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#475 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Schism Continues
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Posted in Early Middle Ages, Podcast
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Also tagged Acacius of Constantinople, Athanasius II of Alexandria, Emperor Zeno, Euphemius of Constantinople, Fravitas of Constantinople, Martyrius of Antioch, Odoacer, Peter III of Alexandria/Mongus, Philoxenus of Mabbug, Pope Felix III, Sallustius of Antioch, Theodoric the Great
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January 4, 2019 – 8:00 pm

Zeno’s Henotikon succeeds in establishing a tenuous religious peace in the East but provokes schism with Pope Felix III over its apparent failure to defend the Council of Chalcedon and Acacius’ unwillingness to recognize Felix’s claims of Petrine Authority
Links:
Photo of coin of Emperor Zeno by Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Christopher Haas. “Patriarch and People: Peter Mongus of Alexandria and Episcopal Leadership in the Late Fifth Century.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 1, no. 3 (1993): 297-316
Rafał Kosiński, Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch
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#474 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Acacian Schism
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
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#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
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#470 – A History of the Catholic Church – Who was Crucified for Us