Building off of last week's episode, Dr. Jenkins continues discussing the preconditions of the schism, the geographical, cultural, historical, and linguistic concerns that fed into the schism, though certainly didn't create it.
The links for the two conferences this Fall with the St. Basil Center.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
To subscribe to The Rule of Faith: https://stbasilcotc.org/journal/
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An Introduction to the Schism
Prompted by thoughts on the ecclesiology of Pope St. Gregory the Dialogist, this episode begins a long discussion of the history of the schism: what it is, what's involved, and how it happened.
The links for the two conferences this Fall with the St. Basil Center.
https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025
https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
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The Trail of the Papacy: Calculating Pascha
Dr. Jenkins begins a discussion of the power and prerogative of the bishops of Rome, looking at the second-century Quartodeciman controversy over the date of Pascha. This controversy marks the first interaction of the bishops of Rome with the Churches of the eastern Mediterranean.
Byzantine course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
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The Betrayal of St. Benedict
Finishing his look at the Rule of St. Benedict, this week Dr. Jenkins explores how St. Benedict's vision of the monastic life came off the rails and morphed into something he had no intention for in the centuries following his death in the Latin west.
Dr. Jenkins on Byzantine Empre: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
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St. Benedict and the Pursuit of God
Dr. Jenkins continues his look at St. Benedict, this episode focusing on the goal of the monastic life, the attaining of God.
For the Byzantine Course: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium
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