Ancient Christian Witness

                    The Fruits of the Holy Spirit: Ancient Christianity and Modern Evangelism



          The location of our 2012 Annual Conference is set for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
                                   At the Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center
                                            140 Church Camp Trail, Bolivar, PA 15923

                                              http://www.antiochianvillage.org/center.html


                                                         Where: Bolivar,, PA
                                                      When: May 25-27, 2012
                                      How: Conference/dues $100 + dues and Lodging

An introduction by Dn Michael Hyatt
The Ecumenical Councils - Part 1 
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The Ecumenical Councils - Part 2 
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A Church of Councils  (Rev. Fr. Theodore Paraskevopoulos)
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(The Nicene Creed came about from two Church councils......Nicea and Constantinople 1)

The Council of Nicaea - 1: (Dn. Michael Hyatt)
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The Council of Nicaea - 2: (Dn. Michael Hyatt)
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The Filioque   (Fr. Thomas Hopko)
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Post Nicaea:  (Dn. Michael Hyatt)
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Constantinople - 1:  (Dn. Michael Hyatt)
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Ephesus (Dn Michael Hyatt)
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Chalcedon (Dn Michael Hyatt)
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Constantinople 2 (Dn Michael Hyatt)
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Constantinople 3 (Dn Michael Hyatt)
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council (Dn Michael Hyatt)
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Ecumenical Councils 1-7

This is by Dr. Jeffrey Macdonald (from his website OrthodoxChurchHistory.com)



1st Ecumenical Council-Nicea 325 AD
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2nd Ecumenical Council-Constantinople 381 AD
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3rd Ecumenical Council-431 AD
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4th Ecumenical Council-450 AD
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5th Ecumenical Council-553 AD
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6th Ecumenical Council-681 AD
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Iconoclasm and 7th Ecumenical Council 787 AD Part 1
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Iconoclasm and 7th Ecumenical Council 787 AD Part 2
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Some of the Canons by Fr. Thomas Hopko:

4th Century canons
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Other 4th century canons
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3rd Ecumenical council canons
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4th Ecumenical council canons
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Quinisext Canons Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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For the other 4 to 5 more parts please go to his podcast.


7th Ecumenical council canons
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From Orthodoxbridge.com:
  Response to Theodore – Semi-Pelagianism, Sola Fide, and Theosis

  March for Life & Great Tradition

  Contra Sola Scriptura (1 of 4): Book Review: The Shape of Sola Scriptura by Keith A. Mathison

  Contra Sola Scriptura (2 of 4): If Not Sola Scriptura, Then What? The Biblical Basis For Holy Tradition

  Contra Sola Scriptura (3 of 4): Where Does Sola Scriptura Come From? The Humanist Origins of the Protestant Reformation

  Contra Sola Scriptura (4 of 4): Protestantism’s Fatal Genetic Flaw: Sola Scriptura and Protestantism’s Hermeneutical Chaos

  Calvin Vs. the Icon: Was John Calvin Wrong?

  New Apostles or Old Heresy? An Orthodox Perspective on the New Apostolic Reformation
 
From Classical Christianity.com:
  What is Pure Prayer? St. John of Kronstadt on Worldliness/Consumerism

  On Almsgiving Saint John of Kronstadt on Theosis/Deification

  Building The New City: St. Basil’s Social Vision

  St. John Chrysostom on Abortion and Birth Control

  Heresy as Intellectual Temptation

  Eastern Orthodox View of Calvinism

  On Irresistible Grace and Synergy

  On Limited Atonement

 

Congratulations and many years!

David did an excellent job with this.

A lecture by the Reformed protestant scholar T.F. Torrance

The link:
Lecture 8 Q&A



He talks about it in passing towards the later half of this lecture for a few minutes, but he spends more time on it in the Q&A session.
Lecture 8

by Fr. John Whiteford

The link:
http://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2011/10/continuing-validity-of-moral-law-of-old.html


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by Lars Brownworth

 

The Link:
http://12byzantinerulers.com/


Samples:
Justinian - Part 1

Justinian - Part 2

Justinian - Part 3


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The link:

JERUSALEM (AP) — A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.
The box, carved from the bone of a cow, horse or camel, decorated with a cross on the lid and measuring only 0.8 inches by 0.6 inches (2 centimeter by 1.5 centimeter), was likely carried by a Christian believer around the end of the 6th century A.D, according to Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority, one of the directors of the dig where the box was found.
When the lid is removed, the remains of two portraits are still visible in paint and gold leaf. The figures, a man and a woman, are probably Christian saints and possibly Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
The box was found in an excavation outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City in the remains of a Byzantine-era thoroughfare, she said. Uncovered two years ago, it was treated by preservation experts and extensively researched before it was unveiled at an archaeological conference last week.
The box is important in part because it offers the first archaeological evidence that the use of icons in the Byzantine period was not limited to church ceremonies, she said.
Part of a similar box was found three decades ago in Jordan, but this is the only well-preserved example to be found so far, she said. Similar icons are still carried today by some Christian believers, especially from the eastern Orthodox churches.

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