A History of Christian Theology

Hey everyone, we are back with more from the Confessions. Today, we talk about Augustine's spiritual mentor Ambrose and his mother Monica. We also delve deep into Augustine's view of scripture which I think will be interesting to many. Hope you enjoy it.

We keep plodding along through the first quarter of Augustine's Confessions in this episode. We begin with a joke from one of Chad's favorite theologians, Stanley Hauerwas, and move to discuss the universal appeal of Augustine's more emotional sections. I hope you enjoy the episode!

With Trevor back, the hosts continue on in their discussion of St. Augustine. This conversation includes insights from Stanley Hauerwas, as well as discussions of cultural custom and natural law.

We hope you all are enjoying our deep dive into the Confessions. We move into Augustine's love of Cicero and philosophy in this episode. Please visit http://www.patreon.com/ahoct if you have the means to support our podcast. We appreciate it!

In this long episode, Tom, Trevor, and Chad discuss probably the most famous book from the early Christian church outside the New Testament. It is a welcome departure from the minutiae of Trinitarian theology. It is a prayer. It is a story. Most of all, it is brilliant. Let us know what you think of the longer episode and whether you would prefer us break it up. http://www.facebook.com/ahistoryofc...

This week only Tom and Chad could get together for the conversation on the letter to Ablabius from Gregory of Nyssa. It is our last podcast for some time which will be devoted to the Trinity. Starting next week, we will begin with the Confessions.

Tom, Trevor, and Chad discuss the Trinity in Scripture as well as Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses. Thank you for listening and if you have a moment give us a rating or review on iTunes. It will really help us and other people find this podcast!

The podcast is back! Tom, Trevor, and Chad have begun recording new episodes. On this particular episode, we discuss Gregory of Nyssa's, "Life of Moses." This episode was recorded in October of 2016, but has only recently been edited. We will begin releasing brand new episodes some time later next month. We hope you enjoy this in depth discussion of Gregory of Nyssa.

In this episode, Chad, Tom and Trevor respond to several questions posted on our Facebook page and then move into discussing the theology of Gregory Nazianzen. Sorry for the delay in updating our podcast, but we are back with more content!

In our last episode from the vault, we discuss On the Holy Spirit. We will be recording new episodes starting tomorrow when we will respond to some of the comments on the Facebook page. We appreciate all of our listeners and feedback. If you would like to leave some feedback, please do so on www.facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology

This week we finish our study of Athanasius and look at this theology of the Trinity as articulated against the Arians heretics. Please check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology.

In this short episode, we respond to two questions from our listeners. Please write in any comments you have on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology.

We spend a good deal of time this week look at Athansius unique view of the atonement which is known as deification or theosis. In the episode, we compare his views to those of the John Calvin, Martin Luther and Anselm of Cantebury, who have all made significant contributions to the idea of justification, which most of our audience will be familiar with. Although the view of deification is not unh...

Tom, Trevor and Chad ended up discussing our first question from a listener for nearly 20 minutes. So, we decided to upload it as a single podcast episode. We will be responding to the next two questions when we record this week. They should be up some time next week, probably with the next podcast. Thanks for listening.

In this episode we turn from academic debates to the life of prayer. Athanasius tell the story of the father of desert monasticism in Antony. Please review us on iTunes and put a comment on our Facebook page if you have questions at www.facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology

Today's podcast is many ways an unintended imitation of the first council of the Church the Council of Nicaea in 325. We invite Benjamin Brandon on to discuss this critical council in the life of the Church and Christian theology. Please check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology. Also, please like us an review us on iTunes.

Chad, Tom and Trevor invite their friend Ben back on the podcast to discuss the political theology of Eusebius of Caesarea and the first Christian emperor of Rome, Constantine the Great. Please check out our Facebook page at www. Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology. We would love to hear from you!

Just for a bit of fun, I uploaded this short digression on pronunciation. We will have a full length episode either later today or tomorrow.

In this episode, Ben, Trevor and I discuss Eusebius view of politics and history. We compare it to St. Augustine's views in the City of God. Please check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology. Tom will be back next week with Tom Velasco.

Chad and Trevor discuss the idea of what should be included in the Canon. In addition, they discuss a lesser known doctrine to Protestants, the deposit of faith given to Peter.

We are back after a several week hiatus. This episode was lost in my computer for a few weeks, but I wanted to get it out there. We should be recording again soon. In this podcast, we discuss the intersection of theology and history among other theological issues presented in Book 1. Check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology for more updates.

We will spend one week on a lesser known theologian who spans the time from before and after the Edict of Milan when Christianity becomes a legal religion under the reign of Constantine. He does a nice job of summing up much of what we've discussed thus far on the podcast. Lactantius was also the favored theologian of the first Christian emperor Constantine.

In this shorter podcast, we have a conversation on how Methodius views the resurrection in distinction from Origen. We also look at few other topics as they arise in the treatise.

In this episode, Tom, Trevor and Chad discuss early Christian theology of sexuality. This dialogue by Methodius is a Christian version of Plato's symposium.

For the first time on the podcast, Tom, Trevor, and Chad discuss prayer. We're reading Cyprian of Carthage's On the Lord's Prayer which was written for people wishing to become Christians called "catechumens." We hope you enjoy it.