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...
In the final episode of the series for the season, the Council of Chalcedon is convoked by Emperor Marcian to resolve the Monophysite question. This time orthodoxy triumphs behind a Catholic emperor but the...
Within 20 years of the Council of Ephesus, a new error arises: monophysitism, which teaches that Our Lord only had one nature, a divine one. Once again the Church tries subsidiarity and to resolve...
The drama of this Council is high, as it begins with a great victory, as Our Lady is proclaimed Theotokos, but quickly devolves into tragedy, as political machinations by bishops lead to a false...
Not content to attack Our Lord’s or the Holy Spirit’s divinity, the forces of evil turn to Our Lady through the heretic Nestorius, and attack the title of Our Lady as “Mother of God,”...
Such luminaries as St. Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Cyril of Jerusalem are included in this important council, which dealt with the new heresies which grew from Arianism, but also...
In between the Council of Nicea and the Council of Constantinople, errors multiply and spread. Arianism, though condemned, leads to the new errors of Semi-arianism, Macedonianism, and Apollinarianism. Father Trauner and Stephen discuss the...
Satan is the father of all lies, and he begins to propagate those lies almost from the very beginning of the Church’s journey. Nicea was convoked by the Emperor to deal with the civil...
Although not counted as one of the ecumenical councils of the Church, the Council of Jerusalem is nevertheless important to study as a “template” for how Councils work, as well as to see that...
