Class 1 - September 21, 2025
This week's presentations covered the sources of dogma, the first line of the creed, and the importance of tonal systems in Byzantine liturgy.
Class 2 - September 28, 2025
This week's presentation has two parts. Part one covers the first section concerning the Son of God in the Nicean Creed. Part two of the class covered an introduction to scripture as understood as a theological reflection on God's covenant with His people.
- Part 1 - Catechesis - The Creed Part 2.1 "The Son" and Part 2: Scripture - Introduction - Part 1
Part 2 starts at the forty-minute mark (00:40:00).
Class 2.5 - October 4, 2025
This week's presentation is quick (18 minute) follow up on a question presented in class 2 concerning the use "Light from Light" in the creed. Father Silouan reviews both the concensus view of what "Light from Light" meant at the council and looks at the scriptural use of the metaphor of light in reference to God, especially in both the Hebrew and Septuagint text.