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Irenaeus of Lyons and the Image of God

By: Jerry Bogacz, M.A., M.A.S. | November 16, 2025 Irenaeus of Lyons (130 AD—202 AD) is the first prominent second-century Greek patristic to engage with…

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Unsung Defenders of the Early Church: Four Lesser-Known Patristic Apologists Every Christian Should Know

By: Tom Knoff | February 25, 2024 The earliest centuries were a time of great vulnerability for Christianity. It was during those formative years the…

Perpetua

Perpetua

By: Michelle Johnson | September 26, 2022 Perpetua – the Catechumen Perpetua was born in Carthage (modern day Tunisia) near the end of the second…

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Athanasius of Alexandria

By: Michelle Johnson I December 30, 2020 Last week, listeners to the Bellator Christi podcast heard Brian and Curtis discuss Athanasius’ writing - On the…

On the Incarnation of the Word of God

(Podcast 12.23.20) On the Incarnation of the Word of God

https://bellatorchristi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BCP.On-the-Incarnation-of-the-Word-of-God.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | TuneIn | RSS | MoreBy: Brian G. Chilton and Curtis Evelo | December 23, 2020 Modern…

Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch - Letters of the Essentials

Michelle Johnson | June 11, 2020 The bookshelves in my office are filling, the piles of books on my desk and in my tablet are…

Church history

(Podcast 3.25.20) How the History of the Church Impacts our Modern Interpretations (Part 1)

https://bellatorchristi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BCP.How-the-History-of-the-Church-Impacts-our-Modern-Interpretations_Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | TuneIn | RSS | MoreThe term perennialism is important in historical studies as well as understanding…