A History of Christian Theology

Trever and Chad discuss two early theologians from the great centers of Early Christianity, Antioch and Alexandria. Please go to our website at ahistoryofchristiantheology.com where we will be updating a map showing where are theologians are located in the ancient world. It will give you a sense of where we are talking about when going through our history. Thanks for listening.

In this somewhat short episode, we look at Athenagoras. A little known theologian writing in the 2nd century, as an apologist, somewhat like Justin Martyr, only better.

Changing things up a bit, we are not discussing a theologian, but the Apostles' Creed. We discuss what it means to have faith and whether or not there is a conflict between faith and reason, as well as other important ideas. Thanks for listening.

Finishing up Irenaeus of Lyons, Tom, Trevor and Chad work their way through Apostolic succession, "doing history," the Eucharist, justification, and much more. Please let us know what kind of questions you have from what we are discussing at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology or www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com.

Starting this week, we will begin 2 hour long episodes on the great 2nd century theologian Irenaeus. Irenaeus is one of the first to explain what Gnosticism truly taught and how it was different from comes to be known as Orthodox Christianity. He is a wealth of information, and should be read, in his own right, for his clever thought. Please check out our blog at www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com and tell us what you think.

We continue our conversation on Dialogue with Trypho. Please check us out at Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology. Let us know what you think about the length and if you would like it if we went to an hour.

Continuing our time in Justin, Tom, Trevor and I (Chad) discuss Justin's "hermeneutic" of reading Scripture, his early Trinitarian theology and why this matters before the Council of Nicaea. Check out our blog for more thoughts on hermeneutics at www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com.

We dig deep in this 2nd episode on Justin Martyr's Second Apology, into the ancient world of philosophy, contemporary conversations on morality and why heaven matters. Hope you enjoy it. Check out our blog at www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com. Thanks!

Moving on to the 2nd great work from Justin, we look at the Martyr's 2nd, and smaller apology. Tom, Trevor and I will continue to work in the Divine Philosophy of Justin Martyr. We discuss the language of the empire, demonology, and heaven and hell in Justin's thought.

We welcome back Caleb Friz in this second installment of our discussion over Justin Martyr's First Apology. Much of the conversation will center around how convincing are Justin's arguments and what is the nature of apologetics.