Athanasius the Great, Pt. 1: What did Arius Believe? Part 1. Episode 11, in "Mystical Theology", with Prof. C. Veniamin

Mystical Theology: Introducing the Theology and Spiritual Life of the Orthodox Church

Series: Mystical Theology
Episode 11: Athanasius the Great, Pt. 1: What did Arius Believe? Part 1
Introducing the theology and spiritual life of the Orthodox Church, with particular reference to the Holy Bible and the witness of the Church Fathers, past and present.
In Episode 11 of our “Mystical Theology”, we present “Athanasius the Great: What did Arius Believe?, Part 1”, as a preparation for our overview of Athanasius’ magnificent defence of the Orthodox Faith against the Arian heresy, a defence which culminates in the glorious proclamation of Christ as true and perfect God by the Council of Nicaea in 325. Some of the themes covered in this podcast are listed in the Timestamps below.
It is hoped that these presentations will help the enquirer discern the interwoven character of theology and Christian living, and to identify the ascetic and pastoral significance of the Orthodox ethos.
Q&As related to Episode 11 available in The Professor’s Blog.
Recommended background reading: Christopher Veniamin, ed., Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies (Dalton PA: 2022): ; The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: "Theosis" in Scripture and Tradition (2016); and Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church: According to the Spoken Teaching of Father John Romanides, Vol. 1 (2012), Vol. 2 (repr. ed. 2020).

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Hoofdstukken

1. Origins of Arianism: Origen, Lucian, Paul of Samosata (00:00:00)

2. Nicaea 325: First Ecumenical Council (00:04:02)

3. 2 Points of Agreement btw Arians and Orthodox (00:04:49)

4. Creation out of Nothing (00:05:20)

5. Every theophany Christocentric (00:06:34)

6. Is Christ the Saviour “by nature” or “by grace”? (00:07:33)

7. Background of Arius: Lucian, Paul of Samosata, Monarchianism, Melitian Sect (00:09:15)

8. Arian Propaganda: “The Thalia” (00:14:35)

9. “Thalia” Fragment 3 (00:15:43)

10. “The Thalia” Fragment 4 (00:18:38)

11. What is the “grace” of God? (00:20:57)