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Aug 4, 2020 • 1h 2min

AHOCT - Episode 80 - John Chrysostom on Almsgiving

We have a packed show. We move from a discussion of the Hagia Sophia becoming a mosque, to the importance of almsgiving in Chrysostom, and end with a discussion of Chrysostom's understanding of repentance in light of Hebrews 6.
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Jul 24, 2020 • 1h 5min

AHOCT - Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Wickes

Dr. Wickes is the Associate Professor of Ancient Christianity at Saint Louis University. In this podcast, Dr. Wickes gives some background on Syriac Christianity; explores the import of poetry in this tradition; and even liken Ephrem the Syrian to DC Talk and Reliant K. He also goes into his own journey of how he came to love Ephrem and studying early Christian history.
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Jul 15, 2020 • 57min

AHOCT - Episode 79 - Gregory of Nyssa On Slavery

This episode explores Gregory Nyssen's condemnation of slavery in his homily on Ecclesiastes 2. It is not super well known, in part because it was not translated into English in the NPNF series. We discuss why Nyssa rejects slavery and what makes his outlook so significant in the current climate of American Christianity.
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Jul 2, 2020 • 1h 5min

AHOCT - Episode 79 - Ambrose On the Duties of Clergy (Part 2)

In the second half of our conversation about On Duties, we talk about how Ambrose's notion of virtue matches ancient virtue theory. At the end of the podcast, we also talk about his proposal to buyback the captives and even his opposition to slavery. If you would like to consider supporting us, please do so on https://www.patreon.com/ahoct
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Jun 25, 2020 • 15sec

AHOCT - Interview with Dr. Ike Miller

This interview with Dr. Miller includes information about his background, how he came to study Barth and Augustine, and how he responds pastorally to COVID and Black Lives Matter. It was a pleasure talking with Dr. Miller and we hope you will check out his new book Seeing by the Light: Illumination in Augustine's and Barth's Readings of John. Please consider supporting the podcast here: http://www.patreon.com/ahoct
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Jun 11, 2020 • 33min

AHOCT - Interview with Fr. David Meconi, S.J.

In this interview, Fr. Meconi talks about Augustine's role in his own academic studies, CS Lewis as an expositor of the Christian tradition, and why Augustine is not too "other-worldly." We hope you enjoy this conversation. It was one of the few times when I, Chad, just had a free flowing conversation with my doctoral advisor. I for one greatly enjoyed this conversation.
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May 12, 2020 • 39min

AAW - St. Cyril of Alexandria - Week 6

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.
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Apr 30, 2020 • 1h 7min

AHOCT - Episode 78 - Ambrose's On the Duties of Clergy

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.
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Apr 22, 2020 • 55min

AAW - Week 5 - Abba Moses the Black

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.
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Apr 13, 2020 • 1h 3min

AHOCT - Episode 78 - The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity

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.

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