Continuing in Origen of Alexandria, we discuss On First Principles, the first systematic theology, particularly Book 3. In this book, Origen has a long discussion of free will, the temptation of the Devil, and the question of universal salvation. Hope you enjoy it.

This week, we work our way through Book 2 of On First Principles with our guest Ben Brandon. Hope you enjoy it!

Moving back to Eastern Christianity, we will look this week at Origen's On First Principles Book 1. Did he believe in universalism? What was his view of Scripture? These and more on this week's episode.

In this episode, Tom, Trevor and I discuss a text from Rome just after Tertullian. It is a dialogue written in the style of Cicero that contains a debate about the truth of Christianity vs. Roman Paganism. Hope you enjoy!

This is our final week in Tertullian. We will look at how he defines the "rule of faith," or regula fidei. Tom and I have a bit of a heated discussion at the end on the importance of the rule of faith to the early theologians whom we have studied. Hope you enjoy it. Check us out at: Facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology.

In this week's episode, we discuss the late 2nd, early 3rd century theologian, Tertullian of Carthage. We look at what he calls the "absurd" position that God became man. We also note the uniqueness of his position amongst theologians of his period. Thanks for listening.

This is our live broadcast from The District Coffeehouse in Boise, ID. Sorry that the audio is a bit quiet, but I think it should still be listenable. We do a discussion of Against Praxeas for 45 minutes and then a Q/A for 45 minutes. Thanks for listening.

Here is a rundown of what we discuss in today's episode.

Tertullian De Spectaculis

3 - 11 (minutes) - Montanist Background of Tertullian
11 - 24: arguments against going to “shows” - pagan origin 20
24 - 33: passions as the problem with going to the shows
33 - 40: I spliced together two recordings because of poor audio quality.
40 - End: Discussion of movies - American Sniper and what Tertullian would say about it

We have finally finished with Clement of Alexandria and our moving across the Mediterranean to Carthage in North Africa. We have a special guest, Caleb Friz on this week to assess Tertullian's defense of the Christian faith. Our topics will range from what religion looked like in the pagan world, to how Tertullian sounds like a contemporary atheist, to whether or not he is a trustworthy source and finally discuss his attempts at form of Pascal's wager. I hope you enjoy this podcast. Check out our page at http://www.Facebook.com/AHistoryofChristianTheology

Its just Tom and Chad for this shorter episode on the last two Stromata for our study. Here is a quick break down of themes and times if you would like to skip ahead:

2 minutes - Preparation for the Gospel in diverse cultures
9 minutes - Notion of Justice in Clement's writings
16 minutes - The Concept of Social Justice in popular speech and mercy
23 minutes - Habits of Virtue
32 minutes - John Wesley and Clement of Alexandria on Perfection