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Back to SearchEp. 9 - Justin Martyr: Everything Good Is Ours
Season 1 Episode 9
"Whatever things are rightly said are ours." St. Justin looked at creation and saw Christ. He looked into the mind of Plato and found a Christian, bo…
6 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 8 - Letter to Diognetus: Intro to the Apologists
Season 1 Episode 8
Forget the Dale Carnegie course. Here's how to win skeptical friends and influence pagans. Read the second-century Letter to Diognetus. The author's …
6 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 7 - Shepherd of Hermas: Heavenly Visions & Earthly Morals
Season 1 Episode 7
The Shepherd of Hermas is the strangest text from the Church's earliest period. It's at once a conversion story and a first-person account of heaven…
6 years, 4 months ago
On the Apostolic Fathers: An Interview with M.J. Thomas
Here’s a little bit of back and forth about the Apostolic Fathers: my interview with Dr. Matthew J. Thomas, who teaches at the Dominican School of Ph…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 6 - What's in a Name? Anonymous Texts from the Early Church
Season 1 Episode 6
The work of the early Church was largely done by Christians whose names we'll never know. In fact, many of the most important documents from the firs…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 5 - St. Polycarp and the Social Network
Season 1 Episode 5
St. Polycarp of Smyrna was a man with many connections. He knew the Apostle John, and St. Ignatius of Antioch, and St. Irenaeus of Lyon, and Pope Ani…
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 4 - Ignatius of Antioch: To Know "Jesus Christ Our God"
Season 1 Episode 4
St. Ignatius of Antioch is the first of the Fathers to leave us abundant writings. His seven letters are passionate — warm, yet authoritative — spont…
6 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 3 - Clement of Rome: The Earliest Christian Author after the Apostles
Season 1 Episode 3
Clement of Rome led a church in turmoil. Its people were deeply divided. The secular culture was hostile to the faith. Across the ocean from the Eter…
6 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 2 - The How and Why of Studying the Fathers
Season 1 Episode 2
In this episode we examine the history of the study of the Fathers since the Reformation. The field has enjoyed explosive growth since then. We live …
6 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 1 - First Steps on the Way of the Fathers
Season 1 Episode 1
With this episode author Mike Aquilina begins his twice-monthly series on the lives, times, and works of the early Church Fathers. The Way of the Fat…
6 years, 7 months ago