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Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Christendom - A series of forty reflections on the history of Christian civilization, or Christendom. The entire podcast is organized around the theme of "paradise and utopia"—that is, of the civilization's orientation toward the kingdom of heaven when ...

Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Christendom - A series of forty reflections on the history of Christian civilization, or Christendom. The entire podcast is organized around the theme of "paradise and utopia"—that is, of the civilization's orientation toward the kingdom of heaven when traditional Christianity was influential, and of its "disorientation" toward the fallen world in the wake of traditional Christianity's decline in the west following the Great Schism.

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    Papal Reformation and the Great Schism: II

    Fr. John continues his exploration of the pivotal reign of ...

    Fr. John continues his exploration of the pivotal reign of Pope Leo IX and the way in which its reforms led toward a confrontation with the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1054.

    Mar 13, 2014 Read more
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    Papal Reformation and the Great Schism: I

    Fr. John discusses the spiritual decline of the Church in ...

    Fr. John discusses the spiritual decline of the Church in the West and the attempt to reform this degradation.

    Mar 7, 2014 Read more
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    The Rise of Russian Christendom II

    Fr. John discusses the Christian statecraft of early Christian Russia.

    Feb 21, 2014
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    The Rise of Russian Christendom I

    Fr. John discusses the baptism of Saint Vladimir and shares ...

    Fr. John discusses the baptism of Saint Vladimir and shares an introductory anecdote about the death and canonization of Saints Boris and Gleb.

    Feb 14, 2014 Read more
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    Frankish Christendom and the Estrangement of East and West IV

    Fr. John concludes his account of the influence of the ...

    Fr. John concludes his account of the influence of the Franks by returning to the question of the Filioque and how the papacy's resistance to its insertion in the Creed finally came to an end on the eve of the Great Schism.

    Feb 6, 2014 Read more
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    Frankish Christendom and the Estrangement of East and West III

    Fr. John examines the tendency toward eucharistic piety in Frankish ...

    Fr. John examines the tendency toward eucharistic piety in Frankish Christendom.

    Jan 30, 2014 Read more
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    Frankish Christendom and the Estrangement of East and West II

    Fr. John looks at the development that took place within ...

    Fr. John looks at the development that took place within the Frankish lands themselves, especially those concerning the liturgy.

    Jan 24, 2014 Read more
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    Frankish Christendom and the Estrangement of East and West I

    Fr. John discusses the rise of the Franks in Western ...

    Fr. John discusses the rise of the Franks in Western Christianity.

    Jan 17, 2014 Read more
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    The Rise of Anthropological Pessimism in the West VI

    Fr. John describes the desanctification of the world that began ...

    Fr. John describes the desanctification of the world that began to occur in the time leading up to the Great Schism.

    Jan 2, 2014 Read more
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    The Rise of Anthropological Pessimism V

    Fr. John looks at a couple of consequences of St. ...

    Fr. John looks at a couple of consequences of St. Augustine's anthropology in the West.

    Dec 19, 2013 Read more
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