Papal Vault – Earliest Popes: Sylvester, Constantine and the Road to Nicaea
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Papal Vault – Earliest Popes: Sylvester, Constantine and the Road to Nicaea

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 202623 min

Pope Sylvester I presided over one of the most important eras in Christian history, even though the real records of his papacy are buried under layers of legend and forgery. This episode separates fact from fiction in the stories of Sylvester, Constantine, the Donation of Constantine, the rise of papal authority, and the road to the Council of Nicaea. #HistoryOfThePapacy #ChurchHistory #PopeSylvester #Constantine #CouncilOfNicaea Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments section below! Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on the links below and on YouTube! Support the s...

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Welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast, a podcast about the popes of Rome and Christian Church. Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the popes and Christianity.

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I am your host, Steve Guarra, and I thank you for joining me on this journey. Here we are at the final episode of our series about the popes before the Council of Nicaea in 325. In the next series of episodes, we will discuss the ins and outs of the Council of Nicaea and

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the setting and context for this first Ecumenical Council. Before we get into all that, though, we have to speak about a very important pope named Sylvester I. We are still in a sort of gray area of papal history right now.

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