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Back to Search4.15 The Heresies—Nestorianism: Two People in One
Season 4 Episode 15
The pendulum swings again as Nestorius overreacts against Apollinarius, and emphasizes the distinction between the two natures in Christ, to the poin…
1 year, 11 months ago
4.14 The Heresies—Apollinarius and Monothelitism: The Word in a Human Suit
Season 4 Episode 14
Apollinarius tried to say that Jesus could not have sinned because his human nature had no will of its own. In doing this, he stumbled onto a heresy …
1 year, 11 months ago
4.13 The Heresies—Pelagianism and the Seeds of Calvinism
Season 4 Episode 13
Pelagius was so optimistic about human nature and the freedom of the will that he went so far as to deny the reality of original sin and the need for…
2 years ago
4.12 The Heresies — The "Spirit-fighters" and the Aftermath of Nicaea
Season 4 Episode 12
After the Council of Nicaea, all the same questions that had been asked of the Son of God, were now asked of the Holy Spirit. Is the Holy Spirit divi…
2 years ago
4.11 The Heresies — Arianism: A Man Who Became a God
Season 4 Episode 11
Arianism was the fourth century evolution of adoptionism, in which Arius made a concession to the mainstream by accepting a quasi-divinity in Jesus C…
2 years, 1 month ago
4.10 The Heresies — Rebaptism and the Donatists
Season 4 Episode 10
In the aftermath of the persecutions, controversies arose over the sacraments, which required clarification of the Church's sacramental theology. Out…
2 years, 1 month ago
4.9 Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 2 (The Bad and the Ugly)
Season 4 Episode 9
In this second part of a two-part series on Novatian of Rome, Dr. Papandrea discusses the flawed sacramental theology and ecclesiology of Novatian, w…
2 years, 2 months ago
4.8 Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 1 (The Good)
Season 4 Episode 8
Novatian of Rome is an extremely important, but conflicted, character in the early Church. On the one hand, he clarified and helped define the orthod…
2 years, 2 months ago
4.7 The Heresies – Modalism: God as a Monad with Three Names
Season 4 Episode 7
Modalism denies the distinctions between the three Persons of the Trinity, so that God is presented as, not a Trinity at all, but rather a monad with…
2 years, 3 months ago
4.6 The Heresies – The Enigma of Origen and Origenism
Season 4 Episode 6
Whether Origen is considered a father of the Church, or a heretic, depends on whom you ask. But everyone agrees he may have been just a bit too smart…
2 years, 3 months ago