Historia Ecclesiastica: Recent Episodes
Daniel Sute
A comprehensive examination of Church history, beginning immediately after the Ascension of our Lord into heaven.
In this Questions in Church History podcast, we examine the question as to whether or not Scripture, the Early Church, and the Will of God endorses the practice of asking the saints and angels in Heaven for their intercession.
A reflection on this Sunday's readings and prayers guided by the commentaries of the Church Fathers.
This much belated podcast completes the mini series on lives, virtues, and teachings of the Saints of the Roman Canon.
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In this 4 part series, we will be looking at the stories of each saint mentioned in the Roman Canon. In this video, we examine the lives, ministries, and deaths of the glorious martyrs of the Communicantes.
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In this 4 part series, we will be looking at the stories of each saint mentioned in the Roman Canon. In this podcast, we examine the lives, ministries, and deaths of the apostles (excluding Matthias, who comes in part four of this series).
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In this 3 part series, we will be looking at the stories of each saint mentioned in the Roman Canon. In this video, we examine the history of the Roman Canon and the veneration owed to the first two saints mentioned in the traditional Roman Anaphora: Mary and Joseph.
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Here is this week's Catholic Sunday readings reflection for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C)
In this podcast, we will examine the necessity for the Novus Ordo to embody the Roman Rite historical tradition as well as consider 13 ways this could be done. See the ideas in this podcast in a blog post on Joy in Truth here: https://joyintruth.com/old-mass-new-m...
This podcast is a new initiative - a compilation of Church Father (and medieval and modern saints) quotes on the scriptures for this Sundays readings in the Novus Ordo lectionary in order to help laity and preachers prepare for this Sunday's Holy Mass.
In this conclusion to book 1 The Reign of the Apostles, we integrate all of the Church traditions we've discussed regarding the Church of the first century into one continuous timeline.
In this continuation of Chapter 1 book 9, we examine the oral traditions surrounding such New Testament figures as Apollos, Phoebe, Onesimus, Philemon, and more.
In this video, we look at the back story and oral traditions behind the many persons named in the Acts of the Apostles and the New Testament letters.
In this podcast, we examine the most important question on this side of Heaven: what must I do to be saved? In it, we consider the manner in which the 1st century Church found the answer to this question through the Words of Christ and the inspiration Holy Spirit, codified these teachings in Holy Scripture, and passed this teaching down unadulterated to Christians of the centuries to come.
In part 1 of this 2 part series, we examined the development of the Roman Rite Mass from the time of Jesus to the conversion of Constantine. In this video, we complete our historical examination of the development of the Traditional Latin Mass: the greatest treasure of the West.
In this first of a two part series on the history of the Roman Rite Mass, we examine the theological meaning of the ritual Jesus established during the Last Supper and how this ritual piously developed during the first three centuries in the Church of Rome, while never shaking in theological integrity from the Church's earliest days.
"The Didache (Teachings) of the 12 Apostles to the Gentiles" is the most authoritative 1st century Christian text outside of the Holy Scriptures. In this episode, we examine historical reasons to date and place the Didache to the Antiochene community of the 60s AD. Additionally, we examine the reasons to consider its teachings as the authentic teachings of the actual 12 Apostles, as well as consider what the 12 Apostles in this document have to say to God's servants in the world today.
Whatever happened to Mary Magdalene? Lazarus? Zacchaeus the Tax Collector? In this podcast, we examine the historical traditions concerning the post-ascension lives of these and many more of the men and women named in the Holy Gospels.
In this episode, we look at how the martyrdoms of each of the 12 Apostles and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary fits within the historical narrative of the first century Church.
In this podcast, we take a tour of the main events in the 1st century Church between the years of our Lord 51-98 and consider the historical context with which each of the New Testament books were written.
In this Questions in Church History episode, we take a look at Sacred Scripture and the Church Fathers to determine if the ancient Christian (Catholic and Orthodox) or Evangelical notion of the Apostolic ministry better aligns with the Holy Bible and historical record.
As it became increasingly clear to the Apostles that the Gospel was meant for all nations, the mid 40s and 50s AD saw heroic missionary journeys to the ends of the earth. In this podcast, the Holy Scriptures, early Church documents, and local traditions are combined to consider where each of the Apostles likely went to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Seven arguments as to why the Bible translation born out of the heroic efforts of the 16th century English college at Douay and Rheims to preserve the Catholic Faith in England is the English translation most faithful to Christian tradition.
After the Lord instructed Peter to baptize the household of Cornelius, a missionary impulse towards the gentiles began - inspiring the anger of pharisees both within and outside the Ecclesia Catholica.
After the persecution of the Christians in Jerusalem following the martyrdom of Stephen, the first Christians spread throughout the villages and towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing the saving Faith with them. During this time, the Deacon Philip evangelized the Samaritans, and various other local Churches began to form around the world.
Book I "The Reign of the Apostles," begins with a look at the origins of the Ecclesia Catholica, the Church of Jerusalem in the years immediately following the ascension of Christ into heaven.