Latest Nicaea Podcast Episodes
Conclusion
Passages: Nicaea - July 12, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this final installment of Passages, Joshua sits down for an extended interview with Fr. Khaled Anatolios to discuss the Nicene theology and his two prominent works, 'Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine' and 'Deification Through the Cross: An Eastern Christi...
Conclusion - The Nicene Creed in the 21st Century, with Fr. Khaled Anatolios
Passages: Nicaea - July 12, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this final installment of Passages, Joshua sits down for an extended interview with Fr. Khaled Anatolios to discuss the Nicene theology and his two prominent works, 'Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine' and 'Deification Through the Cross: An Eastern Christi...
Chapter 11
Passages: Nicaea - July 02, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb delve into the meaning and story behind the last line in the Nicene Creed: "I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come." Listen in as the hosts compare what popular notions about what the resurrection and heaven are, how they squar...
Chapter 11 - "Look for the Resurrection of the Dead": Macrina
Passages: Nicaea - July 02, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb delve into the meaning and story behind the last line in the Nicene Creed: "I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come." Listen in as the hosts compare what popular notions about what the resurrection and heaven are, how they squar...
Chapter 10 - The Trinitarian Grammar of Gregory of Nyssa
Passages: Nicaea - June 04, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb turn to the writings of Gregory of Nyssa, the brother of Basil the Great, and his contribution of a trinitarian grammar, as well as the implications of the creed's final lines and how they impact the Christian life. To support those who made Passages, plea...
Chapter 10
Passages: Nicaea - June 04, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb turn to the writings of Gregory of Nyssa, the brother of Basil the Great, and his contribution of a trinitarian grammar, as well as the implications of the creed's final lines and how they impact the Christian life. To support those who made Passages, plea...
Chapter 9 - Basil and Gregory: How the Nicene Creed Affects Faith and Practice
Passages: Nicaea - May 17, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsBeyond beautiful hymns and prayers, what else did worship involve for Basil of Caesarea? And what are some of the practical implications for those who confess the Nicene Creed? What do these lines of the Creed look like in the church and in the lives of its people? Joshua and Caleb further discu...
Chapter 9
Passages: Nicaea - May 17, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsBeyond beautiful hymns and prayers, what else did worship involve for Basil of Caesarea? And what are some of the practical implications for those who confess the Nicene Creed? What do these lines of the Creed look like in the church and in the lives of its people? Joshua and Caleb further discu...
Chapter 8
Passages: Nicaea - May 04, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn the Nicene Creed, the Holy Spirit is called, "the Lord and giver of life," but how can the Spirit and the Son both be called Lord? What does it mean that the Spirit "proceeds" from the Father and Son? Joshua and Caleb explore these questions and how they're answered in the writings of Basil t...
Chapter 8 - "The Lord and Giver of Life": The Holy Spirit and Basil the Great
Passages: Nicaea - May 04, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn the Nicene Creed, the Holy Spirit is called, "the Lord and giver of life," but how can the Spirit and the Son both be called Lord? What does it mean that the Spirit "proceeds" from the Father and Son? Joshua and Caleb explore these questions and how they're answered in the writings of Basil t...
Chapter 7 - Nicaea, Gregory, and Modern Theology
Passages: Nicaea - April 22, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode of Passages, Joshua and Caleb further explore the line in the Nicene Creed about the Son being "begotten, but not made," and they do so by looking at the remaining theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus. While doing so they look at the implications that a doctrine such as t...
Chapter 7
Passages: Nicaea - April 22, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode of Passages, Joshua and Caleb further explore the line in the Nicene Creed about the Son being "begotten, but not made," and they do so by looking at the remaining theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus. While doing so they look at the implications that a doctrine such as t...
Chapter 6
Passages: Nicaea - April 13, 2021 08:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow can the Son be begotten, but not made? In this episode of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb introduce us to Gregory of Nazianzus and his Theological Orations on the Son. To support those who made Passages, please consider donating to Mere Orthodoxy. Joshua Heavin serves as the lead writer and...
Chapter 6 - "Begotten, Not Made": Gregory of Nazianzus
Passages: Nicaea - April 13, 2021 08:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow can the Son be begotten, but not made? In this episode of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb introduce us to Gregory of Nazianzus and his Theological Orations on the Son. To support those who made Passages, please consider donating to Mere Orthodoxy. Joshua Heavin serves as the lead writer and...
Chapter 5
Passages: Nicaea - April 07, 2021 08:08 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat happened at the Council of Nicaea? Did Certain Bishops use imperial power to impose a Greek version of Christianity that, today, we call orthodoxy? Did Constantine impose the term homoousios in the Nicene Creed as a way to infuse paganism and Christianity? Can Christians use and apply non-b...
Chapter 5 - "Homoousios”: Did Constantine Hellenize Christianity?
Passages: Nicaea - April 07, 2021 08:08 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat happened at the Council of Nicaea? Did Certain Bishops use imperial power to impose a Greek version of Christianity that, today, we call orthodoxy? Did Constantine impose the term homoousios in the Nicene Creed as a way to infuse paganism and Christianity? Can Christians use and apply non-b...
Chapter 4
Passages: Nicaea - March 29, 2021 07:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb begin to explore the second portion of the Nicene Creed on the Son. The hosts give an introduction to the Council of Nicaea, the reason Constantine convened the council in the first place, as well as the life and work of Athanasius. To support those who made P...
Chapter 4 - "Eternally Begotten": Athanasius and Arius at Nicaea
Passages: Nicaea - March 29, 2021 07:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, Joshua and Caleb begin to explore the second portion of the Nicene Creed on the Son. The hosts give an introduction to the Council of Nicaea, the reason Constantine convened the council in the first place, as well as the life and work of Athanasius. To support those who made P...
Chapter 3
Passages: Nicaea - March 23, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb are joined by Dr. Michael Horton and Dr. Fred Sanders to discuss some of the backstories behind the article in the Nicene Creed that we says the One God is the "maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible." Listen in to hear comm...
Chapter 3 - "The Maker of Heaven and Earth": Marcion, Gnosticism, and Tertullian
Passages: Nicaea - March 23, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb are joined by Dr. Michael Horton and Dr. Fred Sanders to discuss some of the backstories behind the article in the Nicene Creed that we says the One God is the "maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible." Listen in to hear comm...
Chapter 2
Passages: Nicaea - March 15, 2021 09:04 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn the second installment of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb look into the Nicene Creed's testimony to "one God." They explore early Christian theological interpretation of the Bible, more & less helpful ways to approach the complicated early histories of Judaism and Christianity, & much more. To...
Chapter 2 - "One God" or Three? The Biblical Texts Behind Nicaea
Passages: Nicaea - March 15, 2021 09:04 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn the second installment of 'Passages,' Joshua and Caleb look into the Nicene Creed's testimony to "one God." They explore early Christian theological interpretation of the Bible, more & less helpful ways to approach the complicated early histories of Judaism and Christianity, & much more. To...
Chapter 1
Passages: Nicaea - March 08, 2021 08:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhere does the Nicene Creed come from? What figures or texts in its backstory might provide further context for, or develop the implications of, these articles of faith – some of which are less intuitive than others? Is the theology of this creed even intelligible to us today, who inhabit very d...
Chapter 1 - The Controversy of the Nicene Creed
Passages: Nicaea - March 08, 2021 08:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhere does the Nicene Creed come from? What figures or texts in its backstory might provide further context for, or develop the implications of, these articles of faith – some of which are less intuitive than others? Is the theology of this creed even intelligible to us today, who inhabit very d...
Introducing, 'Passages,' a Project from Mere Orthodoxy
Passages: Nicaea - February 28, 2021 20:41 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsOf everything that can or should be said as a statement of Christian belief, why has the church confessed the Nicene Creed for seventeen centuries? Where did this creed come from? What figures or texts in its backstory might provide further context for, or develop the implications of, these arti...
Introduction - What Do You Believe?
Passages: Nicaea - February 28, 2021 20:41 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsOf everything that can or should be said as a statement of Christian belief, why has the church confessed the Nicene Creed for seventeen centuries? Where did this creed come from? What figures or texts in its backstory might provide further context for, or develop the implications of, these arti...
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