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Light Through the Past

A Survey of Church History

This podcast will look at the course and development of the Orthodox Church, its struggles with heresy, the empire, and relations to other Christian bodies.

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Thursday, September 17, 2026 37 mins

St. Gregory's Legacy of Allegorical Spirituality

This week Dr. Jenkins continues our investigation of Pope St. Gregory I, looking at what unites his exegetical method with his doctrine of the soul's quest for God. For St. Gregory's Moralia, see https://www.lectionarycentral.com/index.html

Thursday, September 10, 2026 12 mins

An Update

In this abbreviated episode, cut short by his peregrinations to Raleigh, NC for Doxamoot, Dr. Jenkins recaps Doxamoot and discusses what's on tap going forward in with St. Gregory the Dialogist.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 49 mins

St. Gregory the Dialogist and the Liturgy: Part 1

This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's activity regarding the Liturgy, with a long detour on the nature of the Liturgy in the early history of the Church.

Thursday, August 27, 2026 33 mins

St. Gregory, Chalcedon, and the Istrian Schism

This week Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's interesting take on the 4th and 5th Ecumenical councils, siding with the emperor St. Justinian against the rigorist interpretation of Chalcedon that claimed "beyond St. Leo we cannot go."

Thursday, August 20, 2026 35 mins

Gregory the Great and the Active Life

This episode Dr. Jenkins continues with the life of St. Gregory the Dialogist, and addresses his years before becoming pope, and the tension Gregory felt between the life of contemplation and the life of service. Doxamoot: https://www.ancientfaith.com/events/Doxamoot/

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