This podcast will look at the course and development of the Orthodox Church, its struggles with heresy, the empire, and relations to other Christian bodies.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis podcast will look at the course and development of the Orthodox Church, its struggles with heresy, the empire, and relations to other Christian bodies.
Recent episodes include "A Brief Life of St. Maximos the Confessor" (29 October 2026), "The End of Persia, and Saints John Moschus and Sophronius" (22 October 2026), and "The Legacy of St. Gregory the Dialogist" (8 October 2026).
Light Through the Past publishes roughly weekly across 239 episodes.
Booking probability for Light Through the Past is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Light Through the Past requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Light Through the Past's contact route on record: verified email.
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Light Through the Past is a religion podcast with 239 episodes published.
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In this episode Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion of the Monothelite controversy, looking at the life of St. Maximus up to his dispuation with Pyrrhus in Carthage. Basilian Kickstarter: https://tinyurl.com/HidHos...
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This week Dr. Jenkins continues his discussion of the shift from the Church of the late Roman Empire to that of Byzantium, discussing the fall of Persia, and the life of St. John Moschus and his disciple, St...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins concludes his look at St. Gregory, focusing on his importance in the life and imagination of the Church, both East and West. Dr. Jenkins Substack: https://cyrilgaryjenkins.substack.com/
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Continuing the study of St. Gregory the Dialogist, Dr. Jenkins this week looks at the methods and goals of the mission to England, given to us a some of St. Gregory's letters. St. Basil Society: http://stbasilcotc.org/...
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St. Gregory's reorganization of Rome's material possessions and his foundational place in the Papacy's history makes him the first medieval Pope. But what exactly did St. Gregory think was nature of his authority in the...
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This week Dr. Jenkins continues our investigation of Pope St. Gregory I, looking at what unites his exegetical method with his doctrine of the soul's quest for God. For St. Gregory's Moralia, see...
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In this abbreviated episode, cut short by his peregrinations to Raleigh, NC for Doxamoot, Dr. Jenkins recaps Doxamoot and discusses what's on tap going forward in with St. Gregory the Dialogist.
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This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's activity regarding the Liturgy, with a long detour on the nature of the Liturgy in the early history of the Church.
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This week Dr. Jenkins looks at St. Gregory the Dialogist's interesting take on the 4th and 5th Ecumenical councils, siding with the emperor St. Justinian against the rigorist interpretation of Chalcedon that claimed...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins continues with the life of St. Gregory the Dialogist, and addresses his years before becoming pope, and the tension Gregory felt between the life of contemplation and the life of service...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins begins discussion of St. Gregory the Dialogist, Pope of Rome, a saint of immense importance, for both Orthodox and Catholics, but one too often discussed in light of the medieval papacy than in...
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This week Dr. Jenkins wraps up his answering of listener questions by looking at the matter of penal substitionary atonement, a 19th-century Presbyterian phrase to define a Reformation doctrine. Doxamoot...
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This week Dr. Jenkins continues with questions from listeners, looking at the incredible accusations leveled against Patriarch Michael Kerularius by the Papal legate, Humbert, cardinal priest of Silva Candida, out of...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins continues with listener questions, addressing the subject of God's Providence in the history of redemption, especially as it appears in the Epistle to the Romans. Doxamoot signup...
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This week Dr. Jenkins takes up another listener question, this week dealing with the matter of the authority of councils, and the place of councils within the life of the Church. For Fr. Florovsky's article...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins finally dives into all questions viewers have been sending him, and begins with one from Jack on why we venerate Augustine, but slight Origen. Doxamoot Tickets...
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Having for over a year traced the origins and particulars that went into the Schism of the Orthodox and the Catholics, Dr. Jenkins gives some final thoughts to the whole affair.
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This week Dr. Jenkins presents the sad tale of the fall of the Queen of Cities, a fall that many in despair had long awaited, and how this brought with it an end to the failed and futile attempts at ending the schism.
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This episode Dr. Jenkins details the "political" events that followed the Council of Florence, namely the tragic results of the crusade aimed at rescuing Constantinople from the grasp of the Turks. For poetry...
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This episode Dr. Jenkins looks at the reaction of the Orthodox to the union,with the Council of Florence now behind. For Paideia Society: https://www.paideiasociety.org/ For Rule of Faith...
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