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2.6 Second Constantinople: The Emperor and the Waffling Pope
Publisher |
CatholicCulture.org
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Aug 26, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:19:45

Every council represents a crisis — often provoked by strong and eccentric personalities. But Constantinople II, in 553 AD, may have been the strangest of all. At the center of the drama were an imperial power couple, Justinian and Theodora, and a weak pope who vacillated between cowardice and duty.

LINKS

Extracts from the Acts https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3812.htm

Biography of Justinian https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578b.htm

Biography of Pope Vigilius https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15427b.htm

Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com

Mike Aquilina’s books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/

Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org

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