A History of Christian Theology

We return to my Africans Against the World series this week. I will be finishing up some discussion about monasticism and acedia and then move on to Cyril of Alexandria. Cyril is an extremely important figure in the elucidation of what we mean when we say that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Almost any contemporary Christian uses this terminology and it would not exist without Cyril.

This episode brings in a new voice: Dr. Drew Harmon. Drew is a friend of Chad's from seminary and did his doctorate on virtue and the Trinity at Marquette University. This episode will mainly be discussing how Ambrose understands virtue and some interesting information about his life. We hope you enjoy it.

In this episode, my class continues with monasticism and one lesser known monk from Ethiopia, Abba Moses the Black. I also discuss how history can give us confidence of God's work in history.

Join us for this episode on a fascinating text which gives us a first hand account of what martyrdom was like for early Christians. Although there was some teaching on this text in the AAW series, we go much more in depth here. I hope you enjoy hearing about the first female writer in Christian history.

This podcast summarizes some of the major movements of the 4th Century and their affect on St. Athanasius and the African church. St. Athanasius was "against the world" and stood up for what he believed against many emperors who did not want him to lead the church in Alexandria. I forgot to record this live at my church, so I just recorded a version of it at home. Hope you enjoy!

Hey Listeners! We are recording new podcasts as a trio and our first one is On the Perpetual Virginity of Mary by St. Jerome. We are going to look at this one aspect of early Christianity that is not talked about as much in Protestant circles. At least some of the early Christians said Mary was a virgin for her whole life. We will talk about why Jerome believes this and whether we find his argument convincing. I hope you enjoy it.

We are talking about Tertullian's resolve in the face of persecution through his writings. Tertullian wrote in defense of Christians against the government. He also wrote about the Rule of Faith and what Christians believed against those who thought differently. I hope you enjoy this episode. Let me know if you want more info on this class!

We are back with the second week of the class entitled Africans Against the World. I hope you are enjoying it. We will look at two of the first female martyrs of Christian history and the first writing known to be written by a woman. I hope you enjoy it.

Greetings Friends of the Podcast, We are going to add a new stream to this podcast feed. This is Chad Kim's class on early Christian theology from Africa. Its called Africans Against the World: How the Resolve of African Christian Shaped the Church's Story. We will be releasing it every week or two. This first week is on Mark who African tradition holds comes from Libya. Let us know what you think!

This is the end! We have finished the Confessions. In this episode we discuss Augustine's reading of Genesis, how he interprets scripture, his possibly bad allegory, and much more.

This is our second to last episode on the Confessions. We will be discussing the nature of time as Augustine sees it. https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT

This episode is a recording of Chad's lecture given at the Evangelical Theological Society in November of 2019.

We discuss memory in Book 10 as well as hear Chad's defense of Augustine against the charge of being gnostic or simply a Platonist.

This is the 2nd lecture Chad Kim gave at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The first couple of minutes are cut off, but it was only a few introductory comments.

This episode actually comes from a talk which Chad Kim gave at Covenant Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, MO. It was a privilege for him to share what he studies at the university with the local church. If you would like Chad to talk to your church, please get into contact on the AHOCT Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology/Thanks!

This episode begins with a discussion of the nature of prayer and how we pray. We discuss why Augustine uses prayer as his format for this book and a little bit about our own prayer habits. This conversation ends at about 30 minutes when we veer off into a conversation about the nature of makes an action free or good. The podcast ends with a thorough discussion of book 10 from about 1 hour 10 minutes in until the end.

In our first podcast in quite some time, we are releasing the second half of our conversation on book 9. We discuss the relationship between men and women in late ancient North Africa and the final Ostian Mystical Ascent. We hope you enjoy it!

In a little bit of a departure for us, Tom, Trevor, and Chad discuss some personal responses to the idea of a Christian transformation. Augustine discusses how he and his mother have changed as a result of grace. We discuss addiction and change in the Christian life in this episode.

"Tolle Lege, Tolle Lege. (Take up and Read)." "Lord give me chastity but not yet." These are some of the most famous lines from the Confessions and they come from book 8. This critical book gets a full hour and a half treatment from Trevor and Chad. We discuss what happens to the will when God unleashes it from sin and other really thorny topics. Hope you enjoy it!

Here's the second hour for all you crazy folks who love Augustine and Neoplatonism.https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT

Sorry for the long delay. We thought we uploaded this episode last month and we totally forgot. In this episode, Trevor and Chad discuss Augustine's exploration of the Neoplatonic doctrine that evil is the privation of the good. https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT

Today we discuss curiosity in book 6. This is an important concept for Augustine as he sees the human person through the lens of desire as much as through pure intellect. Sorry for the delay in uploading this.

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/ahistoryofchristiantheology

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 unheard of in the West, it is primarily known as the view of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Please stick around for this great discussion. Also, it would really help us out if you would rate us and review us on iTunes. Just search for A History of Christian Theology, pull up our podcast and give us a quick click for how you like the podcast. Also, we’ve had questions slowly trickling in and will continue to air our responses to those questions. Now on to Athanasius.

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.

In this episode, Tom, Trevor, and Chad discuss for what unity means for the Church. We also look at the way martyrdom divided the early Christians. Thanks for listening and check us out at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology

In this episode, Tom and Chad scratch the surface of major upcoming debates on the nature of the Trinity in the writing of a Greek speaking Christian in Rome, Hippolytus. Check out Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology to follow our updates.

How's that for a long title? We finish up our study of Origen this week. We talk at length about his interpretation of Scripture and then end with a discussion of Trinitarian theology that leads right in to our next podcast on Hippolytus' Contra Noetum. Please like our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology.