

Light Through the Past
Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
A Survey of Church History
Episodes
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Aug 21, 2025 • 0sec
Anslem of Bec and the Filioque
Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion of the schism between the Orthodox and Latins, focusing this week on Anselm of Bec and Canterbury and his treatise on the Holy Spirit, and how this became the basis for so much of later Latin theology on the subject.
For the Orthodoxy and Education Conference: https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025

Aug 14, 2025 • 0sec
A Record of Errors
This week Dr. Jenkins looks at the errors and misunderstandings that plagued by Rome and Michael Kerularius, and thus we examine both Humbert's Bull of Excommunication against the Patriarch, but also Peter of Antioch's reprimand of Kerularios for his own misunderstandings of the Latins.
For the Orthodoxy and Education Conference: https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025

Jul 24, 2025 • 0sec
1054 and All That
This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at the crucial and calamitous event that was the Papal legation to Constantinople in 1054, what it was (a sign of Rome's new jurisdictional claims), and what it wasn't (either the de facto or de jure beginning of the schism).
https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxRoadtoCollege

Jul 17, 2025 • 0sec
Revolution in Eleventh-Century Rome
This episode Dr. Jenkins looks into the events and movements in the Latin world that lay the foundation for the claims of the late-medieval Roman popes, and how the two questions of the filioque and the powers of the pope became intertwined.
Still Points https://tinyurl.com/StillPoints
From the Morning Watch https://tinyurl.com/HaikuPsalms

Jul 10, 2025 • 0sec
The Dissonant Theology of the Latin West on the Spirit
Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion on the history of the Filioque by looking at the responses of the Latin west to the accusation leveled against it by St. Photios. What emerges are two responses, with one marking the future of Western theology, and the other a road pointed to by St. Maximos the Confessor, but untraveled.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025

Jul 3, 2025 • 0sec
A Clash of Titans: The confrontation of Pope St. Nicholas and Patriarch St. Photios
In this episode Dr. Jenkins looks at the conflict between St. Photios the Great and Pope St. Nicholas, a confrontation that touched the question of the Filioque, but involved so much more, even scandalously so.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
Still Points: https://tinyurl.com/StillPoints

Jun 26, 2025 • 0sec
Shambolic Theology and Ecclesiastical Mayhem
This week Dr. Jenkins completes the discussion of the Frankish kingdom's descent into theological error (and the Pope's reprimand of them for it), and transitions to a key moment in Byzantine history which will bring East and West into conflict, and with it the first real disputes about the filioque.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
Still Points: https://tinyurl.com/StillPoints

Jun 19, 2025 • 0sec
The 8th-Century Politics of the Filioque
In this episode Dr.Jenkins looks at how the politics of the Germanic peoples and their posture towards the Byzantine empire play into not only the question of the filioque, but the Schism itself.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
Still Points: https://tinyurl.com/StillPoints

Jun 12, 2025 • 0sec
St. Maximos the Confessor and the Filioque
Dive into the theological rifts between the Church of Rome and Constantinople, exploring the nuances of the Holy Spirit's role. Discover St. Maximus the Confessor's significant contributions to the Filioque debate and the historical context of early Christian controversies. Celebrate the richness of Pentecost and the beauty of community in theological discussions. Plus, enjoy insights into church design featuring stunning wooden interiors, along with exciting announcements about new literary works that inspire love for poetry.

Jun 5, 2025 • 0sec
The Council of Toledo
This week Dr. Jenkins examines the council of Toledo of 589, and how the filioque first appeared within the creed, and within the doctrinal standards off the western church.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
Next issue of Rule of Faith: https://tinyurl.com/RuleofFaith6-1


