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Communio Sanctorum

This podcast is an attempt to give believers a popular and non-academic review of Church History.

 

 

ABOUT

About Communio Sanctorum

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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ABOUT LANCE RALSTON

Lance Ralston is the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel of Oxnard, (Ventura County, California, USA) which began in the fall of 1982.

EPISODES

45-Look Who's Driving the Bus Now

45-Look Who’s Driving the Bus Now

This episode of Communio Sanctorum is titled, “Look Who’s Driving the Bus Now.” As noted in a previous episode, it’s difficult in recounting Church ...
44-Expansion

44-Expansion

This Episode’s title is – “Expansion ”. We’re going to spend a little time now tracking the expansion of the Faith into different areas ...
43-Into the Middle

43-Into the Middle

This episode of Communion Sanctorum is titled – “Into the Middle” Justinian I’s reconquest of Italy and liberating it from its brief stint under ...
42-Living It

42-Living It

This episode of Communio Sanctorum is titled, “Living It.” For generations, scholars have debated the cause of the Fall of Rome in the West ...
41-God's Consul

41-God’s Consul

This week’s episode of Communio Sanctorum is titled, “God’s Consul .” One of the Roman Emperor Diocletian’s most important contributions to the Empire was ...
40-The Divide

40-The Divide

This episode is titled – The Divide. I begin with a quote from a man known to scholars as Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite. In ...
39-Popes

39-Popes

This episode is titled - Popes. We begin with a quote from Pope Leo I and his Sermon 5 ... It is true that ...
38-Barbarians at the Gates . . . and Everywhere Else

38-Barbarians at the Gates . . . and Everywhere Else

The title of this episode is “Barbarians at the Gates – and Everywhere Else” I live on the coast of Southern California in one ...
37-Patrick

37-Patrick

This week’s episode is titled, “Patrick” Last week’s episode was a brief review of Christianity’s arrival in Britain. We saw how the Anglo-Saxons pressed ...
36-Did Those Feet?

36-Did Those Feet?

This episode is titled – “Did Those Feet?” Why it bears that title is this . . . Have you ever heard the anthem ...
35-Overview 1

35-Overview 1

This episode of CS the first of a couple summary reviews we’ll do. My plan is to continue on as we have, pausing occasionally ...
34-The Great Recession

34-The Great Recession

This episode is titled – The Great Recession. I usually leave house-keeping comments for CS to the end of each episode but wanted to ...
33-Monks

33-Monks

This episode of CS is titled – Monks. We took a look at the hermits in Episode 18 and delved into the beginnings of ...
32-Augustine Part 2

32-Augustine Part 2

This episode of CS is titled “Augustine – Part 2.” Augustine wrote a work called Retractions in which he lists the many books and ...
31-Augustine Part 1

31-Augustine Part 1

This episode of CS is titled “Augustine – Part 1.” Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient yet so new; Late have ...
30-Ambrose

30-Ambrose

The title of this episode is simply à “Ambrose.” And once we learn a little about him, we’ll see that title is enough. For ...
29-Syncretism

29-Syncretism

This episode of CS is titled, “Syncretism.” Recent episodes have chronicled the growing rift between the Eastern church centered at Constantinople and the Western-based ...
28-Justinian Sayin'

28-Justinian Sayin’

This week’s episode of Communion Sanctorum is titled – “Justinian Sayin’” During the 5th C, while the Western Roman Empire was falling to the ...
27-Orthodoxy, with an Eastern Flavor

27-Orthodoxy, with an Eastern Flavor

This Episode of CS is titled, “Orthodoxy, with an Eastern Flavor.” We need to begin this episode by defining the term “Orthodoxy.” It comes ...
26-And In the East Part 2

26-And In the East Part 2

This episode of Communio Santorum is titled, “And In the East – Part 2.” In our last episode, we took a brief look at ...
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