The Road to Nicea

Emperors, bishops, monks, riots - and that Creed you hear on Sunday mornings. Join the Rev. Ben Wyatt in a fascinating account of Christ, creed, and controversy in the turbulent 4th century.

Christianity
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Episode 44 - The Conclusion
22 min
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Supplemental - What's Next?
11 min
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Episode 42 - In the Wake of Controversy: The Ch...
The Children of Nicea
34 min
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Episode 41 - Let's Get Together: Nicea and the ...
Nicea and the Idea of a Church Council
33 min
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Episode 40 - Interpreting in the Shadow of the ...
Nicea and the Future of Orthodox Theology
24 min
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Episode 39 - The Creed and the Sword: Nicea and...
Nicea and the Problem of Religious Violence
37 min
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Episode 38 - The Society of the Divine: Social ...
Social Trinitarianism and the Modern Legacy of Nicea
33 min
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Supplemental - The Anguish of a Poet: The Final...
The Final Years of Gregory of Nazianzus
12 min
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Episode 37 - Like Father, Like Son: The Filioqu...
The Filioque Clause
34 min
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Episode 36 - Oops, I Denied the Homoousios Agai...
The Afterlives of “Arianism”
34 min
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Episode 35 - The Trials of the Victors and the ...
Theodosius, the Troubles of the West, and the Fate of the “Orthodox”
31 min
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Episode 34 - The Final Council: Constantinople ...
Constantinople and the Triumph of Nicea
31 min
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Supplemental - Barbarians or Rivals: Who are th...
Who are the Ancient Goths?
21 min
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Episode 33 - God’s Gift to the Nicenes: Theodos...
Theodosius and the Last Great Council
29 min
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Episode 32 - The Storm Before the Calm: Religio...
Religion Under Valens, 360 - 379
27 min
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Episode 31 - The Midwestern Heresy: Eunomius’s ...
Eunomius’s Apology for the Apology
29 min
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Episode 30 - Hater, Heresiarch, and Heteroousia...
Who is the Fourth Cappadocian?
30 min
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Supplemental: An Epistolary Ecclesiarchy - The ...
The Letters of Gregory and Basil
26 min
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Episode 29: Sermons for the Son - The Five Theo...
The Five Theological Orations
31 min
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Supplemental: Saint in the City - Gregory's Con...
Gregory's Constantinopolitan Adventures
9 min
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Episode 28 - The Olympic Orator: Who is Gregory...
Who is Gregory of Nazianzus?
44 min
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Supplemental - Writing About the Good Book: Ath...
Athanasius’s Festal Letter of 367
11 min
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Supplemental: The Christmas Special
19 min
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Supplemental - The Epic Ecstatic Epektasis: Gre...
Gregory of Nyssa, Salvation, and the Life of Moses
18 min
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Episode 27 - The Reclaimed Genius: Gregory of N...
Gregory of Nyssa’s Legacy
38 min