What the Apostolic Fathers Believe About the Church

00:00 Introduction02:25 St Ireneaus, Against Heresies08:58 Apostolic Succession is about preservation of revelation11:35 Apostolic Succession is NOT merely genealogy17:58 Preservation of revelation is about rightly dividing the word of truth20:39 Bishops reject heresy, not compromise for the appearance of unity25:26 The Founding Fathers, The 30 Years War & the rise of civil religion31:34 The Bad Reasons to Enter (or Avoid) Orthodoxy39:24 Do Not Despise The Tradition Which Raised You46:12 If You Entered Orthodoxy for Bad Reasons, Stay & Grow & Be Corrected!51:25 Religion Is Not a Part of Life, It Is a Way of Life53:49 The French Revolution Was About Displacing Christianity in Society57:06 To Understand What The Church Is, You Have to Go All the Way Back~~~What the Apostolic Fathers Believe About the ChurchApostolic SuccessionS8E5~~~In this episode, Fr. Symeon Kees & James John Marks discuss the writings of St. Irenaeus of Lyon, the historical claim of the Orthodox Church, and how the theological foundations of the West inform how we think about religion as a whole. ~~~Reference materials for this episode: Against Heresies by St Ireneaus - Book III, chapter 3, section 4 - succession of St Polycarp - https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103303.htmThe Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (in English) - The priest’s prayer for the bishop during The Anaphora~~~Subscribe for more conversations on Orthodoxy, theology, Church history, the lives of the Saints, and practical Christian living.~~~#orthodoxchristianity  #OrthodoxChurch #ApostolicSuccession #ChurchHistory #ChurchFathers #theology The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion. Our hosts are Father Symeon Kees of Iowa City & James John Marks of Chicago.Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://x.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/xtiansaintspodcast.bsky.socialIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2026