Eugenia Constantinou: The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

Socrates in the City

Society & Culture

4.7 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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A conversation between Eugenia Constantinou and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas regarding Ms. Constantinou’s recent book: “The Crucifixion of the King of Glory.” This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City on February 28th, 2023. Learn more about Socrates in the City at socratesinthecity.com.

Dr. Eugenia Constantinou is an acclaimed author and scholar who has earned six degrees in various disciplines, including a Masters in Theology from Harvard Divinity School, where she specialized in New Testament, a doctorate in law from Pepperdine University, a doctorate from the Universite Laval in Quebec, a Master of Theology from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Massachusetts, where she specialized in Orthodox Theology and Patristics, and a Master of Arts from the University of San Diego. Her book The Crucifixion of the King of Glory is a breathtaking multi-disciplinary masterpiece. Her previous book is titled Thinking Orthodox. Eugenia has for two decades taught Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at the University of San Diego, where she lives with her husband Father Kostas, a Greek Orthodox priest.

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0:00.0	Wow, wow, wow, wow.
0:10.0	Holy guacamole.
0:12.5	Wow, thank you.
0:14.3	Thank you so much.
0:16.2	Thank you so much for coming.
0:19.0	Wow, where do I begin?
0:21.5	First of all, it's astonishing to me that you would come out in this blizzard.
0:28.1	Yeah, how pathetic.
0:30.0	How unbelievably pathetic.
0:31.8	Thank you for coming.
0:32.9	And for those of you who didn't come, you're dead to me permanently.
0:38.3	There are, this is actually amazing to me to say that for the first time in, what,
0:44.3	22 years that we've been doing this, we are live streaming this event.
0:49.3	And yeah, this is, and so to those of you at home who are, you know, lurking perhaps disgracefully in your underwear,
1:05.8	I just want to say shame on you, okay?
1:08.6	These people came here, they got dressed up.
1:10.3	I don't know why.
1:30.6	No, honestly, I am so thrilled that we made this happen. I'm thrilled that there are people watching at home. It bothers me a little bit that I can't see you, because I could see all of these people, and they look great. It just makes you feel like it's live TV. like makes me feel like, you know, Ralph crammed in on Shiff of the Future. Do you remember that?
1:45.9	Humana, how many, how many, how many, how many, a shift for the future. Anyway, it's just terrific. We've wanted to do this for a long time. Okay, now, I just have to try to explain. This is a particularly special Socrates in the city event.
1:53.0	You know that we do these all the time. This is particularly special for a few reasons that I will try to explain.
2:05.8	First of all, in 20-something years, it's the first Greek Orthodox guest that we've had at Socrates in the city. Because I have no time for those people,
2:12.2	okay? No, I am so excited about this. We've had an Eastern Orthodox guest, but not Greek Orthodox.
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