Last Monday got the better of me, but today was a different story. If any of you have been following my Light Through the Past podcast,...

I have been away too long, but hope from now on to post at least every Monday morning, if not more so. Below is a text I talk about in my...

Below are the charges brought against St. John at the Synod of the Oak as they are recorded in J. N. D. Kelly’s appendix in his...

On this, episode 79, we look at the relationship of St. Ambrose with the great Christian Emperor, Theodosius. It was under Theodosius...

In Episode 78, St. Ambrose & Sacramental Political Theology, Part 1, we look at not St. Ambrose, but instead those saints who inluenced...

“We saw the prince of priests coming to us, we saw and heard him offering his blood for us. We follow, inasmuch as we are able, being...

Maker of all things, God most high, Great ruler of the starry sky, Who, robing day with beauteous light, Hast clothed in soft repose the...

This week we look at the respective doctrines of St. BAsil the Great and ST. Gregory the Theologian, how they differ, and why. He who is...

The Anglican Biblical scholar, Felix Cirlot, in his pamphlet on Apostolic Succession wrote: The Catholic Church claims a divine...

I have not posted of late, and my apologies, but below are the documents for all who wish to catch up on the documents cited on the...

God has ascended with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet! As this is the evening after the Vespers for Ascension I greet you...

From Episode 56 to 59 I hardly need to speak of the bishops of Egypt and Libya and of the people of these lands and of Alexandria. They...

This episode, The Trials and Travails of St. Athanasios, is up. I hinted earlier at something big for the website, and I hope by next...

You can find the links for the podcast, 53 (The World Groaned to Find Itself Arian) and 54 (St. Athanasios: An Introduction) at their...

Sorry for the hurly burly of my life. Hopefully no witches have been shaping the blogs destiny, though there are some big announcements...

With all due apologies, below are my notes for episode 46, episode 47, episode 48, and episode 50 (as 49 was a round of addressing...

I love Christmas. I love the story of the shepherds, the angels, and the Magi. Luke 2:1-20 was one of the first longer passages ever I...

The Feast of our Lord’s Nativity will soon dawn upon us, and we who have sat in darkness shall see a great Light. While this Feast so...

The most recent iterations of the podcast are up, namely Episode 44 on the beginning of the Great Persecution, and Episode 45 on the...

Episode 43 treats the story of the Theban Legion (and it detractors). You can listen to the episode here. You can find O’Reilly’s book on...