In our season finale, we discuss what happens when rival factions of Cardinals conspired to elect their own claimant after the death of Honorius II. This council would heal that schism and feature more...
In this episode, we will explore the first Ecumenical Council to be held in the West, and actually in the cathedral of the Popes: the First Lateran Council. Before doing so, however, we discuss...
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The general distrust and unfriendliness between East and West continues to grow and reaches a new level via the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne. The Pope has now found a secure political...
The Lessons of Calvary in Daily Catholic Life In the course of one’s life, thousands of books may be read. Out of those we set aside our favourites – ones we will go back...
In an unusual turn (though an unsurprising one) an Emperor leads the charge of heresy. At issue? Images and statues. Emperor Leo III invest iconoclasm and goes on to destroy images and statues of...
In this episode we will review the proceedings of the council, including the first case of heretics using forgeries of Church Fathers to make their case. We also review the anathematization of Honorius by...
In this episode a new pretender rises up in the place of monophysitism: monothelitism, which is the idea that Our Lord only had one will, instead of two wills that came from His two...
In this episode, the Council itself is discussed, including: How it proceeded Why the Pope was in the geographic area of the council and yet did not attend (and did not send legates) How...
In this episode Father Arnold Trauner and host Stephen Heiner will discuss the backdrop to the 2nd Council of Constantinople. It turns out, Monophysitism just wouldn’t go away. Key ideas to understand from this...
