Church History - Episode 21: The New Center | Pastor Lance Ralston

In episode 21 of Church History, Pastor Lance details the struggle between Rome and Constantinople as the center for Christendom, as well as the two main factors which shaped the church during the 3rd and 4th centuries: the influence of various Councils and the creation of the office of Archbishop.
He then charts the origins of papal supremacy by examining the rise of Leo the Great, his relationship to Emperor Valentinian III; his fight against the Huns, Gauls, and Vandals; and his offensive against Eutychianism and the Manichaeist, Priscillianist, and Pelagian heresies.
While our Catholic brothers & sisters may feel nonplussed with some of the ideas & evidence examined in this episode (just as our Protestant friends may feel we have not dealt with some issues harshly enough), we assure our viewers that there is no prejudice or favoritism here: that Protestantism as well will see its fair share of critique, and that our main focus is the accurate and unbiased assessment of Church History, with an eye towards keeping the Gospel front and center throughout.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮?
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Pastor Lance Ralston founded and lead-pastored Calvary Chapel Oxnard, California for nearly 40 years. In addition to serving on the Executive Board for Enduring Word, he is an author, holds a Master's degree in Biblical Studies and Ministry, and leads the Communio Sanctorum podcast, which delivers engaging & scholarly journeys into Church History without the slant of Academia. Discover more at:
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[@faeleia]

Another Ps Lance's church history? Awesome😊 thank you so much team for the nonstop resources so i never run out of sound christian teaching 😀

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Pastor Lance replies - Happy you're enjoying them!

[@rosslewchuk9286]

Review/Repeat is good teaching practice! Thanks for another informative history lesson!🙂🙏📖

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

My pleasure!

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

One meaning of antichrist is a substitute for Christ. Greek anti can but doesn't have to mean opposed to. Interesting considering that vicar, which Popes starting with Leo claimed to be vicars of Christ can be translated antichrist.
Neither of the 2 men called "beast" in Revelations is ever called antichrist. That's a common error among preachers and commentaries. There's 2 men called beasts, one from the sea (probably gentile) also called the man of lawlessness and the beast from the land (probably Jewish) called also the false prophet in Revelations.
As John wrote in his epistles, there's many antichrists... people who give themselves the authority of Christ and claim to represent Him as head of the Church on Earth. The Pope actually calls himself antichrist in Latin. He means exactly that by claiming to be the head of the Church.
The Church has one head, and it is neither the Pope nor the King of England. The head of the Church is Christ and anyone else claiming that title is an abomination.

[@JadDragon]

Jesus lives ♥️ and is God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑

[@deannmiller4758]

I for one, appreciate when you repeat things and put them in context!