Text: 1 Samuel 2:1-10

This week we have a guest presenter, Mr. A.J. Ellis, who is discerning a call to the Vocational Diaconate. In this episode, A.J. leads us in a discussion on how our understanding of Christ impacts our understanding of our own Salvation, an issue at the very heart of the Ecumenical Councils.

Texts: 1 Peter 2:19-25, 5:1-8

We discuss the background, people, and events related to the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD), including the Arian controversy, the school of Antioch vs the school of Alexandria, and the original version of the Nicene Creed.

Text: John 20:19ff

Text: Isaiah 25:1-9

We give a brief overview of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and discuss our general relationship to them as Anglicans.

Main Text: Philippians 2:5-11

We begin our study of the Ecumenical Councils by discussion the major kinds of Christological and Trinitarian heresies, and what problem in the human heart they stem from. Much of today's discussion is based on material from Bishop C. FitzSimmon-Allison's "The Cruelty of Heresy" which can be found here.

Text: John 8:46-end