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Back to Search3.9 Cities of God: Ejmiatsin and Christian Armenia
Season 3 Episode 9
As if an interest in patristics isn't strange enough, in this episode we're getting still more exotic. We're entering the world of Armenian patristic…
2 years, 9 months ago
3.8 Cities of God: Lugdunum, the French Connection
Season 3 Episode 8
Faith came to France very early and very strong. It seems likely that traders brought the Gospel from distant Smyrna (modern Izmir in Turkey) to Lugd…
2 years, 9 months ago
3.7 Cities of God: Edessa Starts with the Abgar Score
Season 3 Episode 7
In Edessa—the borderlands of the Empire—we make our first encounter with Syriac Christianity. Its origins are shrouded in mist, and within the mist w…
2 years, 10 months ago
3.6 Cities of God: Ephesus, a Church and Its Riots
Season 3 Episode 6
Ephesus was home to one of the Wonders of the World; and it's the setting for one of the most dramatic moments in the itineraries of the Apostles: th…
2 years, 10 months ago
Alexandria: Library and Lighthouse of Christian Learning
Season 3 Episode 5
Alexandria was cultural capital of the ancient world — and the ancient Church. It had the greatest library on the planet and a state-subsidized commu…
2 years, 11 months ago
3.4 Cities of God: Rome between Time and Eternity
Season 3 Episode 4
No one would have guessed when Rome was founded that it would become anything important. But it became the capital of a vast empire and earthly cente…
2 years, 11 months ago
3.3 Cities of God: Antioch, the City of Lights
Season 3 Episode 3
Antioch, in so many ways, was the place where the lights first went on. It was the first city in the ancient world to have street lamps and unending …
3 years ago
3.2 Cities of God: Jerusalem, the City of Origin
Season 3 Episode 2
Jerusalem, the holy city — a city built with compact unity and beloved by the Apostles — was the first home of the Christian Church. Sacred to the J…
3 years ago
Mike Aquilina Q&A on early Christianity
Season 3
For those who missed the YouTube livestream Q&A with Mike Aquilina on May 8th, 2023, here is the audio. It was a lively conversation where Mike field…
3 years ago
Livestream announcement
We'll be doing YouTube livestreams on the next 3 Monday evenings, as part of CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. In these freewheeling co…
3 years ago