2023 Plenary Talk | 1:01:31 | History, Theology & Bible
Summary
This two-part lecture series will set the groundwork for Athanasius’ defense of orthodoxy by surveying the first three centuries of the church. The first lecture will focus on the Book of Acts, the early growth of the gospel, the ten persecutions of the Roman Empire, and the martyrs who died for the church. The second lecture will focus on the theologians who helped define church doctrine, the heretics who sought to deconstruct it, and the historical forces that led to the ascension of Constantine and the Council of Nicea.Though these two talks are best heard in sequence, they can each stand alone.
Speaker
Dr. Louis Markos holds a B. A. in English and history from Colgate University and an M.A. and Ph. D. in English from the University of Michigan. He is a professor of English and scholar-in residence at Houston Christian (formerly Houston Baptist) University, where he holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities and teaches courses on British Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, the classics, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, and art and film. He is the author of twenty-five books, including The Myth Made Fact; From Plato to Christ; From Achilles to Christ; On the Shoulders of Hobbits; Ancient Voices: An Insider’s Look at the Early Church; Literature: A Student’s Guide; C. S. Lewis: An Apologist for Education; three Canon Press Worldview Guides to the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid; and two children’s novels, The Dreaming Stone and In the Shadow of Troy, in which his kids become part of Greek mythology and the Iliad and Odyssey. His son Alex teaches history at the Geneva
School in Boerne, TX.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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