Light Through the Past
Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
This podcast will look at the course and development of the Orthodox Church, its struggles with heresy, the empire, and relations to other Christian bodies.
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Episodes (216)
An Introduction to the Schism, Part 2
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An Introduction to the Schism
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The Trail of the Papacy: Calculating Pascha
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The Betrayal of St. Benedict
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St. Benedict and the Pursuit of God
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St. Benedict's Abbot
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St. Benedict and the Work of God
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St. Benedict's Monastic World
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Pangur Bán the Mousing Monastic Cat
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St. Patrick and the Druids
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The World & Early Life of St. Patrick
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St. Martin of Tours & the Beginning of Latin Monasticism
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The Troubled Birth of Asia Minor's Monasticism
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The Monastic Communities of Egypt
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The Pachomian Shift in Monasticism
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St. Antony the Pattern of Monks
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Martyrdom and Monasticism
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St. Ignatius' Own Words on His Martyrdom
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Monasticism: Simplicity on the Path to Flame
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The Monastic Pursuit of God: an Introit
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Pope Vigilius and the Three Chapters
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How Ought We to Think about Ecumenical Councils?
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Justinian: Emperor, Theologian, Saint
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A Short Thanksgiving Intro to emperor St. Justinian
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The Cyrillian Defense of Chalcedon 2: Leontius of Jerusalem
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The Cyrillian Defense of Chalcedon
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A Land of Confusion: the Strange Byways of the Defenders of Chalcedon
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There's Something Happening Here. What It Is Ain't Exactly Clear.
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The Undulating Status of Chalcedon before 518
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The Henotikon of the Emperor Zeno
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Two Decades of Crises Following Chalcedon
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Empire and State after Chalcedon
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Chalcedon: Where We've Been & Where We're Going
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The Latin Fathers on the Matter of Chalcedon
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Chalcedon the Cyrillian Council
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Chalcedon Begins
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The Latrocinium (Robber) Council of 449
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The Road to Chalcedon
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St. Cyril and the Correct Language at the Correct Time
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Let the Heavens Rejoice!; The End of the Nestorian Schism
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The Council of Ephesus
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The Shambolic Road to the Council of Ephesus
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Saint Cyril, Nestorius, and the Mounting Controversy
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Union in Christ: The Christology of St. Cyril of Alexandria
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The Theology of Archbishop Nestorius
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Constantinople on the Even of the Council of Ephesus
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What has Alexandria to do with Antioch: Theological Assumptions on the Eve of th...
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Alexandria as the Logical Place for Heated Theological Disputes
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A Division in Type: Allegory and History, Alexandria and Antioch
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Origen & Nestorius: A look forward to the Christological Controversies
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