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  1. Thursday, June 27, 2024

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    06/27/24
    12 mins
    By Dan 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

  2. Friday, June 14, 2024

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    06/14/24
    13 mins
    By Dan 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

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    04/27/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Break on Through (To The Other Side). In this episode, we discuss creation, the eating of forbidden fruit, cosmology, the meaning of things, Jesus clearing the way for us to enter back into paradise, and how the Bible ends up changing culture by translating God’s Word into the vernacular while reading The Hexameron of Basil the Great as preached by Aelfric.
    350: Aelfric and Basil - The Anglo-Saxon Hexameron

  7. 346: Irenaeus - On the Passion

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    03/30/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Passion. In this episode, we read Irenaeus on Christ’s passion and discuss Holy Week, the consequences of following Christ, what happens when things lack clear definition, and the consequences for the Church.
    346: Irenaeus - On the Passion

  8. Good Friday is good for you

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    03/29/24
    5 mins
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    On this Good Friday, we come face to face with the reality of our sin and Christ's cross.
    Good Friday is good for you

  9. 344: Ambrose - The mystical feast of the altar of the Lord

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    03/17/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Plug In, Baby. In this episode, we read St. Ambrose’s work, On the Mysteries, enjoying his exegesis and defense of the body and blood of Jesus. We also discuss recognizing patterns in the Bible, testing the spirits who want to separate out the heavenly from the earthly, and the importance of symbol and meaning for Christian comfort.
    344: Ambrose - The mystical feast of the altar of the Lord

  10. 343: Cyril of Jerusalem - Mystagogical Catechesis

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    03/09/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Let’s Get Weird. This episode discusses Cyril of Jerusalem’s mystagogical catechesis, especially the Lord’s Supper. We converse about the biblical patterns of the sacraments, anointing, and the higher truth about Jesus as bread from heaven.
    343: Cyril of Jerusalem - Mystagogical Catechesis

  11. 341: John Cassian - The Spirit of Acedia

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    02/24/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Hey, You Guys! In this episode, we discuss the dominant spirit of our age, acedia, by reading and discussing St. John Cassian’s exposition of acedia in The Institutes.
    341: John Cassian - The Spirit of Acedia

  12. 340: St. John Chrysostom - Homily on the Gospel of St. John Chapter Six

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    02/18/24
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There’s Power in the Blood. In this episode, we read a homily on John’s Gospel, the power of Christ’s blood, and a whole lot of symbolism in John Chrysostom’s exegesis.
    340: St. John Chrysostom - Homily on the Gospel of St. John Chapter Six