Arian Kingdoms from Ulfilas to ClovisThe Gifts of the Spirit in Early ChristianityThe Kingdom of God in Early ChristianityJerome and AugustineCriticizing JesusMonasticism from Anthony to BenedictPaul of Samosata and Photinus of SirmiumTrinity Controversy in the Fourth CenturyArius and Alexander of AlexandriaThe Constantinian Shift

Arian Kingdoms from Ulfilas to Clovis

Arian Kingdoms from Ulfilas to Clovis
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP9T3V1AWIs[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Ulfilas, Missionary to the Goths 340 Subordinationist bishops ordained Ulfilas bishop to the Visigoths 341-347 lived with the Goths and preached to them Ulfilas translated the Bible into Gothic. Rule of Faith: “I believe in one God the Father, alone ingenerate and invisible, and in his only-begotten Son, our Lord…
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The Gifts of the Spirit in Early Christianity

The Gifts of the Spirit in Early Christianity
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz29T8ApWCc[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Gifts of the Spirit in General  Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 82.1; 88.1  Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies 2.32.4  Tertullian of Carthage, On Baptism 20  Novatian of Rome, On the Trinity 29  Apostolic Constitutions 8.1-2  Speaking in Tongues and Prophecy  Didache 11.7-12  Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies 5.6.1  Tertullian of…
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The Kingdom of God in Early Christianity

The Kingdom of God in Early Christianity
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3pTATsdfME[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] The Kingdom of God is the idea that the Messiah Jesus will come back to earth, resurrect the saved, and initiate an age of restoration, eventually making everything wrong with the world right. We find robust belief in this idea in the New Testament; however, by the Middle Ages, heaven…
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Jerome and Augustine

Jerome and Augustine
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtNF5-rvmwU[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Jerome’s Life (347-419)  actual name: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus  excellent Latin education, highly intelligent  learned Greek and Hebrew  lived as a hermit in the Syrian desert   382-385 served as secretary to Pope Damasus I, bishop of Rome  Jerome’s Asceticism   believed everyone should be celibate  worked a lot with wealthy widows from…
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Criticizing Jesus

Criticizing Jesus
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sPZ0aVqRXY[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Mark 2:23-28 The Pharisees criticized Jesus for allowing his disciples to pluck heads of grain. Matthew 12:9-14 They goaded him about healing on the Sabbath when he saw the man with the withered hand. Mark 7:1-15 They criticized Jesus’ disciples for eating with unwashed hands, ignoring the tradition of the…
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Monasticism from Anthony to Benedict

Monasticism from Anthony to Benedict
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEUeiVsNeo0[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Anthony the Great (251-356) • one of the earliest hermits • Athanasius of Alexandria wrote the Life of Anthony, which became an extremely popular hagiography • heard what Jesus said to the rich young ruler in Matthew 19.21 and sold his possessions to give to the poor • trained under…
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Paul of Samosata and Photinus of Sirmium

Paul of Samosata and Photinus of Sirmium
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKAwd6Cqzc[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Over the last couple of sessions, we’ve looked at the shameful battle between egalitarians and subordinationists. Both parties believed Jesus pre-existed but couldn’t agree on whether he was eternal and equal with the Father or not. However, at the same time, another stream of Christians fought for another view –…
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Trinity Controversy in the Fourth Century

Trinity Controversy in the Fourth Century
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXXcufcuis[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] 325 Council of Nicaea • Constantine invited many bishops to his lake summer palace at Nicaea. • Between 250 and 300 bishops attended, but only 5 from the West. • Constantine suggested adding the word homoousios to the creed that Eusebius of Caesarea presented. • The Creed of Nicaea declares…
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Arius and Alexander of Alexandria

Arius and Alexander of Alexandria
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BFihtpvP2o[/embed] By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Bishop Alexander of Alexandria (bishop from 313-326) • Authoritarian bishop (in the steps of Demetrius 80 years prior) • Called together a meeting of clergy wherein “with perhaps too philosophical minuteness”1, he explained the unity of the Father and the Son. Arius of Libya (260-336) • Presbyter of ancient Baucalis…
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The Constantinian Shift

The Constantinian Shift
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDFaIh2SsY[/embed]   By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"] Today, we’re looking at one of the most influential people in church history: Constantine (272-337). • Also called Constantine the Great or Constantine I • There would be 10 more emperors named Constantine. • Constantine 11th was the last Roman emperor who died when the Muslims conquered Constantinople in…
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