Dr. John Rao explores the many divisions between Italy and the Empire. Popes were horrified at imperial attempts to negotiate with Monophysites and thereby ignore Chalcedon. Romans were outraged over...
Dr. John Rao describes how the first great Christian writers had to explain why their religion was an acceptable one. The Apostolic Fathers and Apologists sought to show that Christianity...
Dr. John Rao shows how all the influences that combined together to shape the Council and the postconciliar Church were used to promote Liberation and Third World Theology. Both these...
There were horrific abuses in the Church in the 1400’s on every level, which Councils at Constance and Basel could do practically nothing to address. Nevertheless, Dr. John Rao explains...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world from the beginnings of Arianism through Nicea. The Arian Crisis involved every single aspect of Christian life and growth: theology,...
Visigothic Spain developed a rich Catholic culture from the 500’s through the early 700’s, which was important for the development of the whole Christian Medieval West. Dr. John Rao shows...
What was necessary for Christian theology to develop? Dr. John Rao discusses the obstacles that had to be overcome in order even to begin developing a theology, as well as...
Dr. John Rao shows that in order for theology to grow, sources of Christian teaching had to be more clearly identified, authoritative interpreters pinpointed, and, inevitably, the value of Greek...
Dr. John Rao follows up on the topics developed in the previous lecture, placing the emphasis upon the practical work that needed to be done by the Papacy and its...
Dr. John Rao discusses the confrontations between the Jesuits and the Jansenists over the relationship between grace and free will, as well as the value of spiritual and mystical ascents...
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