The Councils, Episode 15: First Lateran Council
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...