4.8 Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 1 (The Good) | Way of the Fathers

Novatian of Rome is an extremely important, but conflicted, character in the early Church. On the one hand, he clarified and helped define the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, preparing the Church for the ecumenical councils. On the other hand, he was the central figure of a schism in a controversy over the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. In this first part of a two-part series on Novatian, Dr. Papandrea discusses the positive contributions of Novatian, as a Church father, and as the subject of his doctoral dissertation.
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To read Novatian’s letters to Cyprian (letters #29 and #30 from “the Roman clergy” were written by Novatian): www.catholicculture.org/cultu...
For more information on Cyprian of Carthage, listen to Mike Aquilina’s Episode 18: www.catholicculture.org/comme...
For more information on those Church fathers who were significantly influenced by Novatian, listen to Mike Aquilina’s episodes 26 (Hilary of Poitiers), 23 (Alexander of Alexandria), 24 (Athanasius of Alexandria), and 33 (Ambrose of Milan).
For more on the historical context of the third century and the sacraments, see the book: Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine: sophiainstitute.com/product/r...
For all the details on Novatian, see the book: Novatian of Rome and the Culmination of Pre-Nicene Orthodoxy: wipfandstock.com/978160608780...
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[@damianikpeazu4681]

Thank you,very much on this work on early church fathers, even those that are not generally known,and whose name and work is missing out in today's church history and study,when the modern church want to suppress and close up those salient ideology,so has been distorted. Great work,please keep it up, I'm a follower of your podcast.

[@sunshinesuperman88]

Extremely informative and helpful

[@petergranlund7082]

This was the missing link for me. Extremely important father before Nicaea

[@catholicocdpodcast]

I really like your stuff. I read this passage from St. Paul's letter to the Philippians every Christmas morning and Easter morning with my family. I'd like to try to promote your stuff. Would you ever consider doing a podcast episode on my channel? I'd love to go over a break down of this passage, looking at the understanding of novation compared to the Arian and nestorian views. This topic or an episode looking at the church fathers view on mortal vs venial sin. Let me know. Keep up the good work

[@MythwrightWorkshop]

I thought martyrdom was the "fast track" to sainthood.

[@simonslater9024]

It depends on who was martyred and what they believed.

[@CatholicCulturePod]

Since he was a heretic, I'd assume the problem is that at that point he wasn't being martyred for the true faith. Unlike St. Hippolytus, who had been an anti-pope but then reconciled with the true pope (St. Pontian) and they were both martyred together.

[@MythwrightWorkshop]

@@CatholicCulturePod ahh, food for thought.