Dr. John Rao explains that in the early Middle Ages, from the 500’s through the 900’s, the Church had a number of battles with Byzantine Emperors and pagan influenced men...
Dr. William Marra explores the metaphysics in Plato and Aristotle. Christian theology in ancient and early medieval times was built more along Platonic lines. From the High Middle Ages onwards,...
The Christian Roman Empire of the 300’s and early 400’s ultimately split into three parts that ruled from Constantinople, from the confused Germanic dominated West, and from underneath the dominion...
Dr. John Rao shows that the period from the 1000’s-1200’s saw a rediscovery and reapplication of the fullness of Roman Law with its emphasis on the power of the State....
Dr. John Rao first takes a detailed look at the Germanic West at the time of the Papal alliance with the Carolingian Family of the Kingdom of the Franks. He...
Mr. Michael Davies shows that St. John Fisher understood where Luther’s arguments regarding Faith, Scripture, and the Eucharist would lead. Fisher was perhaps the greatest Catholic theologian confronting Luther in...
Ancient literature and ancient rhetorical arguments were rediscovered and used by many Humanists from the 1300’s onwards. Dr. John Rao explains that they often now attacked the Christian concern for...
Hinduism, a complex and contradictory system, promotes the worship of “enlightened God-men called Gurus.” However this dramatized study describes how Hinduism has gained a foothold in the west.
...What exactly was Church life like under the Carolingians? What was the position of the Papacy, Metropolitans, Bishops, monks, and parish priests? How deeply was the Faith understood? What were...
Mr. Michael Davies talks include readings of selections from the writings of St. John Fisher and Martin Luther. Listeners will be able to judge for themselves the way in which...