The Councils
Holy Mother Church in its Proper Place and Perspective
Welcome to our series on The Councils! Hosted Stephen Henier is joined by Father Arnold Trauner together they will go chapter by chapter through Fr. Clement Raab’s ‘The Twenty Ecumenical Councils’.
Excerpt from the beginning of the book:
“From the Ecumenical Councils, the nerve centers in Christ’s Mystical Body, every act, every decree, and every movement reaches both backward and forward either as a check on some error or abuse, or as a stimulus to some point of doctrinal development, or to some wholesome reform, or to some phase of religious life of the Church.”
From the publisher’s description of the book:
“The present volume is designed to serve as a ready survey and reference book on the history of the councils. It is to serve as an aid, primarily to the cleric or lay student who has neither the time nor the opportunity to delve into, and analyze sources and controversies, but who is satisfied to learn the outstanding facts and findings concerning which Church historians generally agree. This brief and positive sketch of the twenty great events in history, so vibrant with life and so far-reaching in their consequences, will afford him, we trust, a very definite and appreciable knowledge of the nature and history of Holy Mother Church.”
The Twenty Ecumenical Councils by Fr. Clement Raab, OFM is available for purchase at the True Restoration Press Store.
Original Air Date: September 4, 2019
Show Guest: Father Arnold Trauner, IMBC
Show Host: Stephen Heiner
Listen Now:
- The Councils, Episode 0: Why Study Church History?
- The Councils, Episode 1: Council of Jerusalem
- The Councils, Episode 2: Council of Nicea
- The Councils, Episode 3: Council of Constantinople (Part I: Events and Key Persons between the Councils)
- The Councils, Episode 4: Council of Constantinople (Part II: The Council convenes)
- The Councils, Episode 5: Council of Ephesus (Part I: Nestorius Rises)
- The Councils, Episode 6: Council of Ephesus (Part II: Nestorius Condemned)
- The Councils, Episode 7: Council of Chalcedon (Part I: Monophysitism)
- The Councils, Episode 8: Council of Chalcedon (Part II: Some Order Restored)
- The Councils, Episode 9: Second Council of Constantinople, Part I
- The Councils, Episode 10: Second Council of Constantinople, Part II
- The Councils, Episode 11: Third Council of Constantinople, Part I
- The Councils, Episode 12: Third Council of Constantinople, Part II
- The Councils, Episode 13: Second Council of Nicea
- The Councils, Episode 14: Fourth Council of Constantinople
- The Councils, Episode 15: First Lateran Council
- The Councils, Episode 16: Second Lateran Council
- The Councils, Episode 17: The Third Lateran Council
- The Councils, Episode 18: The Fourth Lateran Council
- The Councils, Episode 19: The First Council of Lyons
- The Councils, Episode 20: The Second Council of Lyons
- The Councils, Episode 21: The Council of Vienne
- The Councils, Episode 22: The Council of Constance
- The Councils, Episode 23: The Council of Florence, Part I
- The Councils, Episode 24: The Council of Florence, Part II
- The Councils, Episode 25: The Fifth Lateran Council
- The Councils, Episode 26: The Council of Trent Part I: Political and Religious Pressures
- The Councils, Episode 27: The Council of Trent Part II: The Council Proceeds
- The Councils, Episode 28: The Council of Trent Part III: The Council Continues
- The Councils, Episode 29: The Council of Trent Part IV: Legacy
- The Councils, Episode 30: Vatican I: Political and Religious Pressures
- The Councils, Episode 31: Vatican I: The Last Valid Council of the Church
- The Councils, Episode 32: Review: from Jerusalem to Vatican I