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 26 - One Power, One God - Gregory of Ny...
Gregory of Nyssa’s Letter to Ablabius
26 min
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Supplemental - The Suffering God: An Interview ...
An Interview with Professor Paul Gavrilyuk
54 min
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Episode 25 - Nobody Refutes My Brother But Me: ...
Gregory’s Against Eunomius
40 min
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Supplemental: Nuns, Crosses, and Proto-Feminist...
Gregory’s Life of Macrina
18 min
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Episode 24: The Younger Brilliant Brother - Who...
Who is Gregory of Nyssa?
27 min
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Supplemental - Perfecting the Praises: The Litu...
The Liturgy of St. Basil
12 min
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Episode 23: The Power of Prepositions - Basil's...
Basil's On the Holy Spirit
38 min
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Supplemental - The Ordering of Monks: Basil's L...
Basil's Long Rule
24 min
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Episode 22 - What’s in a Name?: Basil Against E...
Basil against Eunomius
36 min
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Supplemental - Ever Since the World Began: Basi...
Basil’s Hexameron and the Best Worst Sermon Ever Preached
19 min
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Supplemental - Alms for the Poor: Basil the Gre...
Basil the Great on Social Justice
45 min
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Episode 21 -Great Saint, Wannabe Monk, and Peer...
Who is Basil the Great?
29 min
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Supplemental - The Making of a Monk: Athanasius...
Athanasius's The Life of Antony
31 min
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Episode 20: The Next Generation - Rise of the C...
Rise of the Cappadocians
25 min
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Episode 19 - The Nefarious Nerd: Who is Julian ...
Who is Julian the Apostate?
33 min
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Supplemental - The Senior Convener: Ossius of C...
Ossius of Cordoba
16 min
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Episode 18 - The Finger On the Scale: Constanti...
Constantius, the Homoian Triumph, and the Blasphemy of Sirmium
37 min
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Supplemental - Canon Law and Order: The Crimes ...
The Crimes of Athanasius
25 min
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Episode 17 - The Era of Too Many Theologies: Ma...
Matters of Substance from 350 to 360
35 min
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Supplemental - The Renowned Rhetor: Lactantius ...
Lactantius and the Christian-Imperial Narrative
27 min
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Episode 16 - The Accidental Ruler of It All: Wh...
Who is Constantius II?
29 min
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Episode 15 - The Era of Too Many Creeds: Contro...
Controversy and Conflagration, 341 - 350
34 min
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Episode 14: Theology is a Riot - Changing Faces...
Changing Faces and Changing Alliances, 337 - 341
31 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