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Back to Search27 - Aphrahat: Parsee Sage Primary in Time
Season 1 Episode 27
Aphrahat is known in the tradition as "the Persian Sage." He is the first Father in our series to live, geographically and culturally, outside the R…
5 years, 6 months ago
26—Hilary of Poitiers: Exile and Understanding
Season 1 Episode 26
He is often called the Athanasius of the West, and the two men had much in common. They defended the Council of Nicaea and opposed the emperor ... a…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 25—Eusebius: History from the Wrong Side of History
Season 1 Episode 25
Every Christian historian or history buff is dependent upon the work of Eusebius of Caesarea. He didn't invent Church history, but his writings made…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 24—Athanasius against the World
Season 1 Episode 24
The world awoke to find itself heretic, but one man would not accept the situation. Athanasius stood fast against emperors, bishops, and even synods…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 23—Alexander's Lagtime Stand
Season 1 Episode 23
Alexander can't say he wasn't warned. His predecessor as bishop of Alexandria, Peter, had told him not to trust Arius. But Alexander ignored the adv…
5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 22 - Anthony of the Desert: The Solitary Celebrity
Season 1 Episode 22
Through one man's witness, monasticism took the world by storm. Anthony of Egypt became history's least probable celebrity. He gave up his money and …
5 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 21 - Lactantius: The Fall & Rise of the Christian Cicero
Season 1 Episode 21
He was the greatest rhetorician in the Latin-speaking world. Born in North Africa, Lactantius was summoned to serve at the imperial court. He conver…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 20 - Origen, Part 2: Hero, Heretic - or Hybrid?
Season 1 Episode 20
It's hard to be an intelligent Christian without somehow handling Origen's ideas. He set the ground rules for scientific study of the Bible. He wrot…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 19 - Origen: The Most Controversial Christian Ever?
Season 1 Episode 19
Origen of Alexandria was one of the most important figures in Christian antiquity—most brilliant and most productive—yet also one of the most compli…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 18 - The Short, Happy Life of Cyprian of Carthage
Season 1 Episode 18
He was a believer for little more than a decade, but in that time he managed to set one of the pre-eminent examples of Christian leadership. Befor…
5 years, 11 months ago