One of the features of Church History is the tendency for the theological pendulum to swing to one extreme, then back in the other ...

As we’ve seen in other episodes, theologically, the Church spent the 4th & 5th Cs figuring out exactly how to articulate what it believed ...

This episode of CS will be significantly different from our usual fare. Whereas when I give commentary on things, I usually verbally mark it ...

We’re going to go forward in time from our last episode nearly a millennium. Last time we talked about the Gnostics and the serious ...

For 2nd generation Christians—let’s say, those who came to faith after AD 70, Jesus became less a person they’d personally known, or the friend ...

We start a new series here in Season 2 of CS. This time we’ll take a look at some of the notable Heretics & ...

We’ve worked our way through 6 of what are known as the 7 Ecumenical Councils of Church History. We’ve examined the Councils and the ...

Let’s get ready to rumble! Well--It’s not exactly a rumble we’re in for in this episode, so much as a tumble into the rabbit ...

In 431, the Council of Ephesus dismissed Nestorius’ explanation of the dual nature of Christ in favor of Cyril’s. But that Council was swayed ...

In the last couple episodes we’ve set the scene for the Council of Ephesus in 431. Last time we did biographies of the two ...

In the last episode, we introduced the political situation framing the debate that ensued between two church leaders at the Council of Ephesus in ...

Buckle up for this episode, because it’s a rocky ride. We’ve come to the Third Ecumenical Church Council. And for those of you who ...

This is part 5 of our series on the Creeds in which we’ll be taking a look at the First Council of Constantinople. In ...

This is part 4 of our series on the Creeds. Because most of the creeds were the product of a Council of one kind ...

With two introductory episodes on the Creeds under our belt, sash, or whatever else you use to hold up your pants, let’s move now ...

While we got a good start in our series on the Creeds last episode, it behooves us to back up a bit and do ...

In the 150 episodes of Season 1, and now 9 episodes into Season 2 of CS, our review of the History of the Christian ...

This episode is a bit different from our usual fare in that it’s devoted to the subject of art in Church History. It’s in ...

As I record  & post this episode, a new movie’s out called Logan. It’s appears to be the last installment for the venerable X-Men ...

This is part 6 of our series titled The First Centuries, in Season 2 of CS. In the last episode we took a look ...