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  1. 375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)

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    01/04/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Same Old Story.. In this episode, we read various Christian and non-Christian sources from the first two centuries, discussing their understandings of Jesus Christ, the church, law, and the Gospel, and the effect of the Christian faith on people in Roman society.
    375: A New Year and the Same Old Stuff (Pliny, Clement, and Justin)

  2. A very contrary Christmas to you

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    12/20/24
    4 mins
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Craig and Troy plumb the depths of the importance of Christmas by simply asking, "But what if it didn't happen that way?"
    A very contrary Christmas to you

  3. Finitum non capax infiniti?

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    12/18/24
    5 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam discuss the problems and ramifications of the infinite Son of God becoming finite human flesh at Jesus' nativity.
    Finitum non capax infiniti?

  4. Gregory of Nyssa

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    11/26/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman
    The Fellows discuss St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Discourse, a series of objections and answers to confessions of the Christian faith.
    Gregory of Nyssa

  5. On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom

    book
    11/15/24
    6 mins
    By Bruce Hillman | Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Adam Francisco
    The Thinking Fellows are starting a new series highlighting the history of Christian thought.
    On the Priesthood St. John Chrysostom

  6. Athanasius and the incarnation

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    08/28/24
    4 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam discuss the life and times of St. Athanasius (d. 373), especially his classic work On the Incarnation.
    Athanasius and the incarnation

  7. Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers

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    08/01/24
    6 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss Lutheranism’s historical approach to the church fathers?
    Episode 284: Lutherans and the Church Fathers

  8. Thursday, June 27, 2024

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    06/27/24
    12 mins
    By Daniel van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man remembered as, “the Pillar of Faith and the Seal of All of the Fathers”: Cyril of Alexandria.
    Thursday, June 27, 2024

  9. Friday, June 14, 2024

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    06/14/24
    13 mins
    By Daniel van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Basil of Caesarea, a Greek Bishop and Monk, one of the few given the title “the Great.”
    Friday, June 14, 2024

  10. 353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

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    05/25/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Too Shall Pass. In this episode, we discuss temporary and eternal things, transfiguration, cosmic events, dancing on the liminal edge, mammon, profiteering, earthly vocations, the Trinity, and the music of the spheres.
    353: Bede the Venerable - Transfiguration Homily for Lent

  11. 352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

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    05/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Dear Prudence. In this episode, we focus our discussion on prudence, temperance, and modesty regarding church, marriage, public discourse, and social media while reading Gregory of Nazianzus’ letters to Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa about their doctrine of the Holy Spirit and Basil's later death.
    352: Gregory of Nazianzus - Letter 58 To Basil

  12. 351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses

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    05/05/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Get Down Manna. In this episode, we discuss manna, the incarnation, liturgy, Christian life, materialism, techno-authoritarianism, modern feminism, divine election, hierarchy and authority, unity in multiplicity, and the power of God’s Word, all while reading The Life of Moses by St. Gregory of Nyssa.
    351: Gregory of Nyssa - The Life of Moses