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  1. 377: Origen - The Church as Superior to All Things Pagan

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    01/18/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Good Christians, One and All Rejoice? In this episode, we read Origen’s response to Celsus about whether or not Christians are detrimental or beneficial to society. Does the Church uplift or undermine culture? What part does faith play in living a virtuous life?
    377: Origen - The Church as Superior to All Things Pagan

  2. 376: Origen - Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans

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    01/10/25
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie
    Superabundance. In this episode, we read Origen’s commentary on St. Paul’s epistle to the Romans. We discuss the accusations leveled at Origen’s orthodoxy, exegetical method, and critique of Marcion and discuss how what was written so long ago is relevant to Christians today.
    376: Origen - Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans

  3. 375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)

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    01/04/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Same Old Story.. In this episode, we read various Christian and non-Christian sources from the first two centuries, discussing their understandings of Jesus Christ, the church, law, and the Gospel, and the effect of the Christian faith on people in Roman society.
    375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)

  4. Gregory of Nyssa

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    11/26/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman
    The Fellows discuss St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Discourse, a series of objections and answers to confessions of the Christian faith.
    Gregory of Nyssa

  5. On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom

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    11/15/24
    6 mins
    By Bruce Hillman | Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Adam Francisco
    The Thinking Fellows are starting a new series highlighting the history of Christian thought.
    On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom

  6. Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers

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    08/01/24
    6 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Lutheranism’s historical approach to the church fathers?
    Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers

  7. Thursday, June 27, 2024

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    06/27/24
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man remembered as, “the Pillar of Faith and the Seal of All of the Fathers”: Cyril of Alexandria.
    Thursday, June 27, 2024

  8. Friday, June 14, 2024

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    06/14/24
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Basil of Caesarea, a Greek Bishop and Monk, one of the few given the title “the Great.”
    Friday, June 14, 2024

  9. 353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

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    05/25/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Too Shall Pass. In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and the music of the spheres.
    353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

  10. 352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

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    05/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death.
    352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

  11. 351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

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    05/05/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Get Down Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa.
    351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

  12. 350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

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    04/27/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric.
    350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron