

Light Through the Past
Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries
A Survey of Church History
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Sep 19, 2024 • 0sec
The Latin Fathers on the Matter of Chalcedon
This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at the ways that the Latin Church talked about the economy or dispensation of the Incarnation, and what this means for its language about the realtionship of the human and Divine in the Incarnation.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation

Sep 12, 2024 • 0sec
Chalcedon the Cyrillian Council
Dr. Jenkins continues his study of the Council of Chalcedon, looking at how the fathers of the council labored to address both Nestorius and Eutyches all the while staying true to St. Cyril's single subject (but dual nature) Christology.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Dr. Jenkins new website with the Atheism course: luxchristi.co/ (note, not .com)

Sep 5, 2024 • 0sec
Chalcedon Begins
This episode Dr. Jenkins formally begins the Council of Chalcedon, looking at the main actors and also the two fundamental questions facing the council.

Aug 29, 2024 • 0sec
The Latrocinium (Robber) Council of 449
This Episode Dr. Jenkins looks at the council of Ephesus of 449, its background, its consequences, and why it is called the Robber or Brigand council (from the Latin, latrocinium).
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Dr. Jenkins new website with the Atheism course: luxchristi.co/ (note, not .com).

Aug 22, 2024 • 0sec
The Road to Chalcedon
While the Church held St. Cyril as a standard for Orthodoxy in the same way it did St. Athanasius, divisions still emerged over an understanding his language. This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at how this all started, and how the Church persisted in the doctrines enshrined at Ephesus while refining its understanding of St. Cyril's language.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24
Dr. Jenkins new website with Atheism course: luxchristi.co (note, not .com).

Aug 15, 2024 • 0sec
St. Cyril and the Correct Language at the Correct Time
The period between the Council of Ephesus (431) and the Council of Chalcedon (451) laid the groundwork for the controversy of the latter. St. Cyril's explicit use of a single-subject Christology that at the same time embraced the two natures of God Incarnate, still sought a precision of terminology that was only gradually being developed.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24
Dr. Jenkins new website with Atheism course: luxchristi.co (note, not .com).

Aug 8, 2024 • 0sec
Let the Heavens Rejoice!; The End of the Nestorian Schism
Dr. Jenkins explores how St. Cyril of Alexandria reconciled with John of Antioch and mend the schism brought about in the Church over the condemnation of Nestorius.

Aug 1, 2024 • 0sec
The Council of Ephesus
The conflict between St. Cyril and Nestorius culminates in the Council of Ephesus that not only vindicated St. Cyril's single-subject Christology, but canonized his second letter to Nestorius as a standard for understanding the Creed, and which letter became the basis for the definition of Chalcedon...but that's for a few weeks from now.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24
Dr. Jenkins new website with Atheism course: luxchristi.co (note, not .com).

Jul 25, 2024 • 0sec
The Shambolic Road to the Council of Ephesus
Dr. Jenkins continues looking at the history of the Council of Ephesus, and how both St. Cyril and Nestorius had cause for both optimism and alarm as the council approached.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24
Dr. Jenkins' new website with Atheism course: luxchristi.co (note, not .com).

Jul 18, 2024 • 0sec
Saint Cyril, Nestorius, and the Mounting Controversy
Continuing our study of the Nestorian controversy, Dr. Jenkins looks at the expansion of the dispute and the issues the propelled it out of Constantinople and across the Mediterranean to Rome and Alexandria. We shall also see St. Cyril's first entrances into the controversy and his keen focus on the issues involved.
Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation
Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24
Dr. Jenkins new website with Atheism course: luxchristi.co (note, not .com).