Gregory VII summoned a council at the Lateran (1075), which issued a decree against lay investitures.Continuing Hildebrand's Papal Triumph,with a
Hildebrand’s Papal Triumph
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Hildebrand Becomes Pope Gregory VII.IntroductionThe separation of
Oldest Gospel Commentary Discovered
The earliest Latin commentary on the Gospels, lost for more than 1,500 years, has been rediscovered and made available in English for the first
Polycarp Amen
Today's installment concludes Early Christian Martyrs,the name of our combined selection from Homersham Cox and Polycarp. The concluding
Not that Epistle to Phillipians
Into which many desire to enter; knowing that by grace ye are saved; not by works, but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.Continuing Early
Two Speeches to the Roman Senate
Of course the man who could thus tell the Roman senate and people that all that they held sacred was unspeakably and hideously wicked could expect but
Death of Polycarp
According to the horrid custom of the times the executioners were about to fasten his hands to the stake by spikes, when he begged that he might be
Early Christian Martyrs
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Irenaeus Observations.The Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, who died A.D.
An Almost Unreadable Conclusion
On the whole then I conclude as follows: If there is a form of Christianity now in the world which is accused of gross superstition, of borrowing its