#12323 Did the Early Church Have Deaconesses? Councils and Arianism - William Albrecht

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Did the Early Church Have Deaconesses?” This episode explores the role of women in the early Church, including discussions on the Council of Constantinople and whether the Council of Jerusalem should be counted among the ecumenical councils. We also delve into Arianism’s connections to modern groups and the significance of the Council of Ephesus.

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Questions Covered:

18:30 – The Council of Constantinople
24:40 – Do we count the Council of Jerusalem among the first councils?
29:07 – Pope Leo announced reintroducing Deaconess based on Church History? Were there Deaconess in the Early Church?
31:59 – What the basic stuff to know about the Council of Nicea?
33:19 – Arianism sounds like Jehovah’s Witnesses?
35:20 – Why did the council of Ephesus do?
40:10 – I feel like there is a popular opinion that the church was united up until 1054. But at the Council of Ephesus and Council of Calcedon there was a split by assyrian church of the East and oriental orthodox Church. Is this an argument that the church wasn’t always Catholic?
45:00 – What is Nestorianism?
47:35 – Who are the heroes of the Council of Ephesus?

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0:32.1	My name is Edgar Lujano, producer for the show and filling in for Sy Kellett today.
0:37.1	It is an absolute pleasure to be here, and we have two amazing hours for you guys.
0:41.7	We're doing two full hours with our good friend William Albrecht.
0:45.0	He runs a page on YouTube called Patristic Pillars, and the man, it truly is a pillar in the faith.
0:51.7	So it's always great to have him here.
0:53.2	He's been on both Respustas Catholic Ansicas and Catholic Answers, which is the both English and Spanish of Catholic
0:58.6	answers. Today we are talking about the beginnings of the church, specifically the first
1:03.6	500 years. And if you know anything about the Catholic faith, you know there's a small thing called
1:09.0	counseled that occurred in the early church. And that's what we're going to be discussing today. So if there's a small thing called counsels that occurred in the early church,
1:12.2	and that's what we're going to be discussing today. So if you have a question in regards to
1:15.6	the early councils, go ahead and give us a call. 888-3187884. That's triple-831-truth. Once
1:24.8	again, AAA 31 Truth, and William Albrecht will be able to give you an
1:29.3	answer on your questions in regards to the early church and the councils. My good friend William
1:35.7	Albrecht, welcome to the show. Brother, I'm thrilled to be here with you, glad, and I'm really,
1:41.1	really happy to be able to talk about councils. It really is an important
1:45.0	topic and really one that you don't hear get talked about a whole lot. I'm happy to be here with
1:49.8	you, brother. Yeah, well, it's great to be here. So, obviously, there's 2,000 years of church history.
1:57.2	So, I mean, if you become an expert in Catholicism, it's usually an expert in something really small.
2:02.7	But I know you have a vast knowledge in so much of the Catholic faith.
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