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.
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Episode 14: Theology is a Riot - Changing Faces...
Changing Faces and Changing Alliances, 337 - 341
56 min
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Episode 13 - The Birth of a Movement: Athanasiu...
Athanasius and the Orations Against the Arians
36 min
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Episode 12 - Let's Get Down to Theologizing: At...
Athanasius's On the Incarnation
33 min
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Episode 11 - The Eusebii Strike Back: Confusion...
Confusion and Pushback in the Post-Nicene Empire, 325 - 337
40 min
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Episode 10 - Let's Get Ready to Rumble: The Cou...
The Council of Nicea
28 min
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Supplemental - To the Victor Go the Speeches: E...
Eusebius and the Oration in Praise of Constantine
38 min
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Episode 9 - It's Hip to be Saintly: Constantine...
Constantine and the Bishops
33 min
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Supplemental - The Godfather God-Father: Consta...
Constantine and the Murders of Crispin and Fausta
9 min
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Episode 8 - The 800 Pound Gorilla: Who is Const...
Who is Constantine the Great?
33 min
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Supplemental - The Lost Arian Sea Shanties
15 min
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Episode 7 - Arch-heretic, Favored Son, Rogue Pr...
Who is Arius of Alexandria?
36 min
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Episode 6 - Maintaining the Martyr’s Faith: Tri...
Trinitarian Thought at the Dawn of the Fourth Century
34 min
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Episode 5 - Not a Chill Emperor: Diocletian and...
Diocletian and the Transformation of the Roman Empire
27 min
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Supplemental - Interview with Andrew McGowan on...
29 min
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Episode 4 - Speaking of the Son: Third Century ...
Third Century Attempts at Trinitarian Theology
35 min
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Supplemental - The Ho Ho Haymaker, or, I Saw He...
14 min
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Supplemental - Orb Bodies for Everyone: The Odd...
The Oddities of Origen
17 min
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Episode 3 - Respect My Authority: Alternatives ...
Alternatives to Episcopal Rule
36 min
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Supplemental - The Heretics That Never Were: Gn...
Gnosticism in Early Christianity
23 min
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Episode 2 - Exclusive and Flourishing: The Chur...
The Church of the Third Century
38 min
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Episode 1 - Castrati, Chaos, and Cow Sacrifices...
The Third-Century Roman Empire
40 min
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Introduction: The Long Reach of Antiquity
The long reach of antiquity
15 min