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Light Through the Past

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.

Podcast · By Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith Ministries · American English · Official site

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    St. Gregory's Legacy of Allegorical Spirituality (opens the original)

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    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

  2. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    An Update (opens the original)

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    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.

  3. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    St. Gregory the Dialogist and the Liturgy: Part 1 (opens the original)

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    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.

  4. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    St. Gregory, Chalcedon, and the Istrian Schism (opens the original)

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    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."

  5. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    Gregory the Great and the Active Life (opens the original)

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    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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