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Episode 21, Antinicine Popes Part 2 Welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast.

I am, as always, Steve, your host for this podcast

about the history of the popes of Rome. To learn more about the Popes of Rome and join in on the

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We've finished our flyover of Gnosticism and the formation of the biblical canon.

These episodes gave us an insight on how the Proto-Orthodox movement developed and worked.

The internal mechanisms of the Proto-Orthodox movement were still in the developmental

stage by the early 3rd century, but certain ideologies and theologies were in place.

The Christian movement was becoming centralized and stronger with each passing year.

It was gathering more converts and building a network of churches and hierarchs around the Roman Empire and beyond.

This is in sharp contrast to the Roman Empire itself, whereas the Christian movement, particularly the Proto-Orthodox movement,

was gaining steam. The Roman Empire was collapsing into pieces. In the previous episode on the

popes before the Council of Nicaea, we blasted through about 100 years of popes. But now we're

going to slow down a bit and look at a slice of time of about 20 years

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