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Ep. 122 - ’Paradise & Utopia - The Age of Paradise - Pt 8’ - The Dawn of Schism

Today we finish up the first book of Fr. John Strickland's series. We tie up some loose ecumenical council ends, discuss briefly the Muscovite-Kievan Christian conversion, and knot the bow on the Roman papism to close out the first millenium Let me know what you think!

Ep. 123 - ’Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy - Doctrine, Dogma, & Heresy’

Today we jump into a few pages of Father Andrew Stephen Damick's book. We're going to dissect what makes Orthodox Christianity True, what makes other beliefs UnTrue, and delve into what is truth, anyway?? Share, Like, Listen, Subscribe, Scramble fried eggs... Enjoy!

Ep. 124 - ’Arius and The First Council of Nicea’ w/ Ross Twele

Ross Twele is a doctoral candidate at The Catholic University of America, and the Director of Evangelization for Holy Family Catholic Church in North Carolina. His work is focused on the early Church, early Patristics, specifically in the translations of Hilary of Poitiers and the Ecumenical Councils. Check him out here: https://twitter.com/RossTwele  https://sketchesofchrist.wordpress.com/  

Ep. 125 - ’ ”The Didache” - a Live Reading’

The Didache (did-a-key), Διδαχή, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is an early Christian text that most scholars date to the first or early second century. The Didache was highly regarded by many early Christian authors and theologians. Athanasius of Alexandria (†373) recommended it to converts, and it had a great influence on the Apostolic Constitutions (375). Before the New Testament canon was formally settled in 692, a number of Biblical canonsincluded the Didache; John of Damascus (†749) was also a noted supporter. The text disappeared and was lost for centuries, until it was rediscovered in 1873 by Philotheos Bryennios, Metropolitan of Nicomedia. Today it is usually included among the second-generation Christian writings known as the Apostolic Fathers. Link to the read text: https://legacyicons.com/content/didache.pdf Books: https://www.amazon.com/Apostolic-Fathers-English-Michael-Holmes/dp/0801031087 https://www.amazon.com/Apostolic-Fathers-Translation-Lexham-Classics/dp/1683590643/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_1/132-5016306-6504264?pd_rd_w=6yMLO&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=6FYZ5JPMDE6CXHNFQX78&pd_rd_wg=mTkBz&pd_rd_r=5b87c991-fda2-4815-bc8c-cd5ff7ced936&pd_rd_i=1683590643&psc=1  https://www.amazon.com/Apostolic-Fathers-Greek-English-Translations/dp/080103468X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_2/132-5016306-6504264?pd_rd_w=6yMLO&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=6FYZ5JPMDE6CXHNFQX78&pd_rd_wg=mTkBz&pd_rd_r=5b87c991-fda2-4815-bc8c-cd5ff7ced936&pd_rd_i=080103468X&psc=1

Ep. 126 - ’Paradigms & Phronema - Dooyeweerd, Sherrard, and Sacred Tradition’

Today we touch on the thoughts of neo-Calvinist Herman Dooyeweerd, and tie in the Sacred Orthodox Tradition of Phillip Sherrard. Please remember to like, comment, share, and subscribe. Links to www content: https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/philosophy-of-the-cosmonimic-idea-herman-dooyeweerds-political-and-legal-thought/ Ground Motives : https://www.dooy.info/ground.motives.html https://www.orth-transfiguration.org/resources/library/writings-of-the-saints/philip-sherrard-1922-1995/ https://orthodoxwiki.org/Philip_Sherrard  

Ep. 127 - ’ ”The Manion Paper” - Atheism, Revelatory Theism, and The End of Truth’

We break down Russ Manion's paper, "The Contingency of Knowledge and Revelatory Theism". What is truth? Is there a such thing as objective reality? How would we know? These questions have been debated by philosophers for millenia, and yet there still appear to be no answers backed by science itself. So can we believe anything that anyone says? How can we trust anything? Manion describes our world as it is seen by materialists, atheists, and empiricists, and demonstrates how on their own presuppositions, reality itself devolves into meaninglessness. The rescue from this abysmal state of utter despair and destruction is God, Himself. Without God as He has revealed Himself to us, we cannot even make coherent sentences, let alone believe that what we call "reality" is in any way actually real. Paper here: https://www.patristicfaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The_Contingency_of_Knowledge_and_Revelatory_Theism.pdf