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 33 - God’s Gift to the Nicenes: Theodos...
Theodosius and the Last Great Council
29 min
2
Episode 32 - The Storm Before the Calm: Religio...
Religion Under Valens, 360 - 379
27 min
3
Episode 31 - The Midwestern Heresy: Eunomius’s ...
Eunomius’s Apology for the Apology
29 min
4
Episode 30 - Hater, Heresiarch, and Heteroousia...
Who is the Fourth Cappadocian?
30 min
5
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
7
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
10
Supplemental: The Christmas Special
19 min
11
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
13
Putting the "Logos" Back in Logic: Professor Ry...
Professor Ryan Haecker on Origen's Trinitarian Theology
55 min
14
Episode 26 - One Power, One God - Gregory of Ny...
Gregory of Nyssa’s Letter to Ablabius
26 min
15
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
17
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
21
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
24
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