Conversations with experts in the history of Byzantium and surrounding fields, hosted by Anthony Kaldellis.
Episodes
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
A conversation with Alessandra Bucossi (Ca' Foscari University) on the preoccupation with heresy in the twelfth century, which resulted in the production of a number of massive anti-heretical treatises. We discuss the historical context of their production, the empire's increasing engagement with the Latins and Armenians, whose Churches deviated from that of Constantinople in certain points, and the function of these works. The conversation is based on a team project on this topic that Alessandra headed up, which we will discuss in more detail in the sequel episode.
4 days ago
So well put! this heretical autocorrect!
4 days ago
“It’s not an argument, it’s a presence.” Do well out!
21 days ago
Visit the John The Baptist dot us site, by RJMI: MLR: ”Mary’s Little Remnant”. No popes since 1130 article and also article about Non Catholics Cannot Hold any office in the Catholic Church.
21 days ago
RJMI (Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi) Is The Sole Ruler of The Catholic Church ~ Video Lecture. One Christ. One Truth. One Church. 61 subscribers 826 views Apr 19, 2025 This lecture was given on 3/9/2025, the first Lord’s Day in Lent. The topics discussed here include: Just as evil Jews and apostate Jews give good Catholic Jews who lived during the Old Covenant era a bad name, so evil Catholics and nominal Catholic give Catholics a bad name. RJMI’s thoughts and deeds when he left Most Holy Family Monastery. Some reasons why I [RJMI] am the sole-ruler of the Catholic Church in these final days, which in part is based on my journey into the Catholic Church and the many apostate bishops, priests, and laymen I came into contact with. It will be easier for those who believe in single man rule to convert than those who believe in democratic rule, which breeds rebellion. Hence it will be easier to convert members of the mafia because they give their allegiance to one man, their Godfather. A good Catholic must be semi-civilized and semi-barbarian. (For other considerations, see RJMI article ”RJMI’s Position as Sole-Ruler of the Catholic Church”. It can be accessed in the RJMI Catholic Articles menu at website: )
21 days ago
No Popes since Innocent II or Catholic Theologians since 1250 By Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi TABLE OF CONTENTS No Popes or Cardinals since Innocent II in 1130......................................................................................................1 No Catholic Theologians since 1250 ........................................................................................................................2 Culpability of Bishops...............................................................................................................................................2 When Catholics Must Believe There Were No Popes since Innocent II or Catholic Theologians since 1250 ..........2 On Good Things Taught by the Apostates, and a Catholic Does Not Need Their Works in Order to Be Saved.......4 No Popes or Cardinals since Innocent II in 1130 There have been no popes or cardinals since 1130 AD. All of the so-called popes and socalled cardinals from Innocent II (1130-1143) until today were and are apostate antipopes and apostate anticardinals for supporting or allowing the following crimes or criminals. Supporting the crimes or criminals means they favored or promoted the crimes or criminals. Allowing the crimes or criminals means they did not sufficiently condemn the crimes or they did not sufficiently denounce or punish the criminals or were in religious communion with them. 1. All of the apostate antipopes and anticardinals supported or allowed the desecration of Catholic places with images against the Catholic faith and morals. And most of the desecrations remain to this day. For this crime alone, all of them are idolaters and formal heretics and thus banned from holding offices even if they did not hold any other heresy or idolatry. From the information I have, twenty-one places were desecrated from the 11th to the 12th century. The first desecrated place in Rome was St. Paul Outside the
21 days ago
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