The arch-heretic himself steps onto the world stage in this episode! Learn more about what drove Arius - and how his theological positions may shock you.

The controversies about the Trinity continue into the fourth century as our persecuted Christians take up, with renewed vigor, the question of just exactly what Jesus is.

It's time to meet the man who will transform the chaotic third century into the merely turbulent fourth: Diocletian.

Join us for a deeper look at the crankiest old man in the Latin West with one of the premier scholars in the world today! Ben sits down with Andrew McGowan to discuss Tertullian's context, rhetoric, and insults.

Just what is this Trinity thing all about, anyway? Hear what the third century had to say about it here!

Works referenced in the episode:

Origen, Commentary on John

Tertullian, Against Marcion

Tertullian, Against Praxeas

In which, before taking a Serious Historical Look at Origen, we pause to consider his oddest and most delightful speculations.

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A new player has entered the crowded field of the Nicene Controversy: one with a jolly laugh, presents for everyone, and hectic Christmas Eve schedule. It's time to learn what Santa Claus has to do with the Creed.

In which, after meeting the bishops, we meet all the people the bishops warned us about: monks, martyrs, and the single greatest genius in the first millennium of Christianity.

Wisdom, demigods, and discomfort with basic bodily functions, oh my! Join us for an exploration of the "Gnostics" - the first recorded heretical group in Christian history.

In which third century Christians experience a massive rise in membership during Rome's troubled century.