Light Through the Past
de Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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This podcast will look at the course and development of the Orthodox Church, its struggles with heresy, the empire, and relations to other Christian bodies.
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- A Brief Life of St. Maximos the ConfessorIn this episode Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion of the Monothelite controversy, looking at the life of St. Maximus up to his dispuation with Pyrrhus in Carthage. Basilian…
- The End of Persia, and Saints John Moschus and SophroniusThis week Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion of the shift from the Church of the late Roman Empire to that of Byzantium, discussing the fall of Persia, and the life of St. John…
- From Late Antiquity to ByzantiumThis episode Dr. Jenkins shifts the focus from the end of the Patristic era to look at the beginning's of the Byzantine Church, and the start of the Monothelite controversy…
- The Legacy of St. Gregory the DialogistThis episode Dr. Jenkins concludes his look at St. Gregory, focusing on his importance in the life and imagination of the Church, both East and West. Dr. Jenkins Substack…
- St. Gregory and the English MissionContinuing the study of St. Gregory the Dialogist, Dr. Jenkins this week looks at the methods and goals of the mission to England, given to us a some of St. Gregory's letters…
- St. Gregory and the Prerogatives of the Bishop of RomeSt. Gregory's reorganization of Rome's material possessions and his foundational place in the Papacy's history makes him the first medieval Pope. But what exactly did St. Gregory…
- St. Gregory's Legacy of Allegorical SpiritualityThis week Dr. Jenkins continues our investigation of Pope St. Gregory I, looking at what unites his exegetical method with his doctrine of the soul's quest for God. For St…
- An UpdateIn this abbreviated episode, cut short by his peregrinations to Raleigh, NC for Doxamoot, Dr. Jenkins recaps Doxamoot and discusses what's on tap going forward in with St…
- St. Gregory the Dialogist and the Liturgy: Part 1This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's activity regarding the Liturgy, with a long detour on the nature of the Liturgy in the early history of the Church.
- St. Gregory, Chalcedon, and the Istrian SchismThis week Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's interesting take on the 4th and 5th Ecumenical councils, siding with the emperor St. Justinian against the rigorist…
- Gregory the Great and the Active LifeThis episode Dr. Jenkins continues with the life of St. Gregory the Dialogist, and addresses his years before becoming pope, and the tension Gregory felt between the life of…
- An Introduction to St. Gregory the DialogistThis episode Dr. Jenkins begins discussion of St. Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome, a saint of immense importance, for both Orthodox and Catholics, but one too often discussed…
- The Unorthodox Origins of Penal Substitutionary AtonementThis week Dr. Jenkins wraps up his answering of listener questions by looking at the matter of penal substitionary atonement, a 19th-century Presbyterian phrase to define a…
- Risible Excommunicable OffensesThis week Dr. Jenkins continues with questions from listeners, looking at the incredible accusations leveled against Patriarch Michael Kerularius by the Papal legate, Humbert…
- The Little Flock: The Deeds of God in the Epistle to the RomansThis episode Dr. Jenkins continues with listener questions, addressing the subject of God's Providence in the history of redemption, especially as it appears in the Epistle to…
- Questions 2: Truth, Councils, Authority, and the Corpus MysticumThis week Dr. Jenkins takes up another listener question, this week dealing with the matter of the authority of councils, and the place of councils within the life of the Church…
- Questions Part I: St. Augustine and OrigenThis episode Dr. Jenkins finally dives into all questions viewers have been sending him, and begins with one from Jack on why we venerate Augustine, but slight Origen. Doxamoot…
- Closing Thoughts on the SchismHaving for over a year traced the origins and particulars that went into the Schism of the Orthodox and the Catholics, Dr. Jenkins gives some final thoughts to the whole affair.
- The Aftermath of Florence 3: The Fall of ConstantinopleThis week Dr. Jenkins presents the sad tale of the fall of the Queen of Cities, a fall that many in despair had long awaited, and how this brought with it an end to the failed…
- Put Not Your Trust in Princes: Florence's aftermath 2This episode Dr. Jenkins details the "political" events that followed the Council of Florence, namely the tragic results of the crusade aimed at rescuing Constantinople from the…
