The Age of Information: Orthodoxy & The Modern World

Ep 112 - ’Holy Russia & Christian Nationalism’ w/ Fr. John Strickland

Fr. John Strickland serves as priest at St. Elizabeth Orthodox Church in Poulsbo, Washington. He is the author of The Making of Holy Russia, published by Holy Trinity Publications, Jordanville. AFP publications include: The Age of Nihilism: Christendom from the Great War to the Culture Wars , The Age of Paradise , The Age of Division: Christendom from the Great Schism to the Protestant Reformation , and The Age of Utopia: Christendom from the Renaissance to the Russian Revolution. We've been working through Fr. John's Christendom anthology, but today we are going to address Russia - past, present, and future. I wanted to tie Christian Nationalism as best we could, because it's becoming a growing force in the West as of this release. Please check out Fr. John' work here: www.johnstrickland.org  

Ep. 113 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt. 4’ w/ Young Penitent

After a wonderful wedding and six weeks off, I return to the Father John Strickland book - "The Age of Paradise". I'm joined by Young Penitent, who was gracious enough to host me on his channel just this past week. We chatted there about Presuppositional Apologetics and the Transcendental Argument. That episode is here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z-XfSb6TQik?si=wMxyvHCCkgQVX_QQ In this "bridge" chapter 3 of Fr John's book, we will cover the time period between Constantine the Great and Justinian, setting up the next conversation to come in which we'll discuss more of how Western Christendom begins to fall off the rails. Today's topics include Eusebius vs Augustine, Caesaropapism, Symphonia, and the development of early Christian statecraft. You can purchase Fr. John's books here: https://johnstrickland.org And Daniel "Young Penitent" Marker's YT channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCmLTIS0W9ObGh9EaoUTraPg  

Ep. 115 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt. 5’ w/ Buck Johnson

Buck joins me again to resume our discussion of Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise. Today we'll read Chapter four, and talk about the "heroic papacy" of the mid first millennium, and how subtle changes in theological attitudes and arguments lead to drastic outcomes. We'll talk about Leo the Great, Gregory the Great, Augustine, and heresies like Monothelitism. I decided to omit a short portion of the chapter. As we were rolling along nicely on the historical topics, theres a short few pages that talk about Liturgical and calendrical worship. I'll address this section in a separate video that will be out early next week, only on YouTube. As promised in the video, here are some useful links to further elaborate the particular points of discussion: Aristotle's Metaphysics : https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-metaphysics/?fbclid=IwAR1N1exQtWCIs98EW_QdSxbXMADWlLsZQ76BFtn9hcC68sTVfGgZFm73eL8 Energies & Personhood - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zygo.12795?fbclid=IwAR27GYFK1zWcKnPem1_9MxK9kjDZw9VF298Ig6AMoKkIjDTkxKMoQo-HrsY Pete Quinones' episode on Aristotle, from a Roman Catholic perspective - https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-950 Buck, as always, is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RyQTjGxMeNGlfAFgeLS_A  Remember to like, comment, share, and subscribe!!

Ep. 116 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt. 5 1/2’

Here are the 10 pages or so that Buck and I skipped over on the previous episode. Father Strickland expands on some of the Liturgical and Cosmological contributions from East to West.   Enjoy :)

Ep. 117 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt. 6’ w/ Matt Erickson

Matt rejoins TAoI to discuss Chapter 5 of Paradise & Utopia by Fr. John Strickland. This chapter deals with the time leading up to, and consequences of, Charlemagne and the Franks splitting from Byzantium in the middle of the first millennium. Check Matt out here: https://twitter.com/realKingpilled Third Position Nutrition here: https://3rdpositionnutrition.com/ Fr. Strickland's books here: https://johnstrickland.org/

Ep. 119 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt 7’ w/ Matt Erickson & Zac

Filioque Fanaticism!! Today, Matt, Zac, and I turn ten pages into three hours, as we follow the late first millennial filioque controversy into the Photian/Nicolaitan Schism. One simple Latin phrase, comprising three English words, may be all the stands between an undivided paradisaical Christendom, and permanent utopian chasm. We discuss, and we're pulling no punches. Remember to follow Matt  @kingpilled  and to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!! Thanks everyone!

Ep. 118 - ’Can The Great Awakening Defeat The Great Reset? - My appearance on 2Bit Podcast’

I joined Jason and Mark on 2Bit Podcast to chat about Alexander Dugan and his book. We pivot pretty quick into theology and philosophy. Long story short, Dugin is perhaps nominally Orthodox, but he's perennialist and ultimately gnostic in action. Check out the fellas here:  https://www.youtube.com/@UCxKHCMB0iwZkqKEustgsZwA  

Ep. 114 - ’Is Perfect the Enemy of Good?’ My appearance on ”Young Penitent” with Daniel Marker.

Daniel was kind enough to invite me on his show. This is the episode, and below is his caption. YP is a stand-up guy and I really enjoyed being able to let loose a bit here. Go check him out on YT!! "Today we welcome as our guest Adam Patrick host of the YouTube channel and podcast @theageof_info We have entered an age when all of the worlds information is available at our fingertips (literally) and everything seems to be changing around us. Yet, as scripture says, there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). The spiritual reality that underlies creation has not changed. On Adam's podcast he discusses the intersection of age-old Orthodox Christianity and the modern world. Adam has an academic background in Philosophy, and in todays conversation we will hear how he began his investigation into Orthodoxy in order to take it apart using his philosophical training. He found that, try as he might, he was unable to disprove the teachings of the Orthodox Church. Eventually this led to his embrace of the Orthodox faith. We are going to be using as a jump-off point for our conversation a post which he made on Facebook in which he was discussing the idea of the “good.” How do you define good? How do you justify your belief in what is good? Is perfect the enemy of good?"  ____________________________________________ Young P links: Telegram Chatroom: https://t.me/+Q7EJv3fhYqY5ZjVh  Telegram Channel: https://t.me/+jITpv7gWcE9hM2Ix  

Ep. 120 - ’ ”Presupposing God” - Immanuel Kant, Karl Barth, and The Creed’ w/ Dr. Robert A. Hand’

Dr Robert A Hand (Not to be confused with the not-invited astrologist Robert S. Hand) joins me to discuss his book: Presupposing God: Theological Epistemology in Immanuel Kant's Transcendental Idealism and Karl Barth's Theology: https://www.amazon.com/Presupposing-God-Princeton-Theological-Monograph/dp/1666728675  I originally encountered Dr. Hand's work on this short podcast series: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ieLmfLnB164YclxKZHriN  And you can check out his website here: https://www.robert-hand.com/  I was in search of as much information as I could gather on Arius and the "Controversy" leading up to the Council of Nicea (325 AD) and I was blown away by his book in the process, and invited him to chat. You've heard me talk about Enlightenment philosophy, but today we get super granular and talk about why this matters. And it matters to both the Eastern AND Western traditions. As mentioned in the show, here is a link to the line-by-line breakdown of the Nicean-Constantinopolitan Creed as quoted in Scripture: https://stpaulsirvine.org/the-creed-with-scriptural-references/  And here is the link to the SVS books dealing with Orthodox and Methodist "ecumenism", should that interest you: https://svspress.com/orthodox-and-wesleyan-spirituality/  

Ep. 121 - ’Orthodox Witness - Phronema, Form, & Function’ - w/ Jeremy & Nick from ”Cloud of Witnesses”

Nick and Jeremy from the Cloud of Witnesses Podcast join me to talk about their journeys to Orthodoxy, the lives of the saints, how to both live and talk about our beliefs, and what Orthodox Christians can do for evangelizing our faith.  Here is their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cloudofwitnessesradio/videos My previous conversation with them from last month: https://youtu.be/zmbesA4V8Nk?si=zbR2g0O9CxW7Fa0y A link to CoWP Patreon: https://youtu.be/zmbesA4V8Nk?si=zbR2g0O9CxW7Fa0y These guys are legit wonderful, so please check out and support their work!!