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
September 28, 2018 – 8:00 pm
Political instability continues in the West as one emperor follows another. In the East, Emperor Leo I tries to find a way out of the controversy over Chalcedon but has problems with Timothy II of Alexandria, also known as Timothy the Cat. We finish the episode with a look at how Christians outside the Roman Empire reacted to the Christological Controversy.
Links:
Photo of bust of Emperor Leo I by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
Map of Western Empire under Emperor Majorian
Letter of Pope Leo I to Emperor Leo I opposing idea for a new council
Testimony of Pope Timothy II of Alexandria
History of Church by Evagrius Scholasticus – Chapter 9 has survey of Emperor Leo I
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#460 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Two Leos
September 21, 2018 – 8:00 pm
The growing division between the Mono/Miaphysites and the Chalcedonians causes significant problems for the Eastern Empire, especially in Palestine and Egypt. In the West, Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated and Pope Leo I tries to keep the Vandals from destroying Rome.
Links:
Painting of Genseric sacking Rome by Bryullov.
Leo I’s letter to the monks of Palestine regarding his Tome
Chart showing the various Christological theologies and key representatives of each
Ernest Honigmann. “Juvenal of Jerusalem”. Dumbarton Oaks Papers. Vol. 5 (1950). pp. 209-279.
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#459 – A History of the Catholic Church – Rome Sacked Again
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