Transfigured

The theology, philosophy, biography and beliefs of Michael Servetus. An attempt to classifying his Christology according to historical categories. People, terms, and events mentionedMichael Servetus, John Calvin, Divine Anatomy, Christology of Michael Servetus, Unitarian Christian Alliance, UCA Conference, Anti-Trinitarian, Anti-Trinitarianism, Trinity, Trinitarianism, Nicene Creed, Chalcedonian Creed, Modalism, Modalist, Arianism, Arius, Unitarian, Biblical Unitarianism, High Christology Unitarian, Andrew Norton, Juan de Quintana, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Coronation of Charles V Bologna, Pope Clement VII, Diet of Augsburg 1530, Augsburg Confession, Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Spanish Inquisition, Marranos, Conversos, Hebrew language in the Renaissance, De Trinitatis Erroribus, On the Errors of the Trinity, Dialogues on the Trinity, Michel de Villeneuve, Paris medical school, University of Paris, Archbishop of Vienne, Pierre Palmier, Nicodemite, Nicodemitism, Renaissance polymath, Christianismi Restitutio, The Restoration of Christianity, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Geneva trial of Servetus, Burning at the stake, October 27 1553, Green wood execution, Early Church Fathers, Patristics, St Augustine, Peter Lombard, Sentences, Tertullian, Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Justin Martyr, Clement of Rome, Pseudo-Clementine, Maimonides, Abraham Ibn Ezra, Talmud, Targum, Kabbalah, Philo of Alexandria, Logos theology, Prisca Theologia, Hermes Trismegistus, Zoroaster, Orpheus, Florentine Neoplatonism, Marsilio Ficino, Middle Platonism, Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aristotle, Misology, Total Depravity, Free Will, Quran, Averroes, Avicenna, Islam and the Trinity, Huldrych Zwingli, Desiderius Erasmus, Andreas Karlstadt, Martin Bucer, Sola Scriptura, Apocrypha, Biblical canon, Archetypal world, Realm of forms, Colossians 1:15-17, Image of the invisible God, Protological speech, Protology, Wisdom Christology, Persona vs Hypostasis, Prosopon, Theatrical mask, Substantia, Ousia, Divine substance, Material spirit, Pneuma somatikon, Stoic physics, Stoicism, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, James DG Dunn, 1 Corinthians 1:24, Dustin Smith, Jerry Wierwille, Hebrew theophanies, Angel of the Lord, Shekinah glory, Tetragrammaton, Jehovah, Microcosm and Macrocosm, Isaac Arama, Son of God definition, Virgin birth, Conception of Christ, Luke 1:35, Holy Spirit overshadowing, Divine seed, Sperma, Fructifying dew, Theotokos, Mother of God, Communicatio Idiomatum, Colossians 2:9, Fullness of the Godhead bodily, Homoousios, Consubstantial, True God from True God, Ebionites, Ebion, Cerinthus, Mere man Christology, Psilanthropism, Racovian Catechism, Polish Brethren, Socinianism, Faustus Socinus, Fausto Sozzini, Pneumatification of Jesus, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Last Adam life-giving spirit, Sean Finnegan, Alter ego, Transfiguration of Christ, Pulmonary circulation, Circulation of the blood, Lesser circulation, Discovery of pulmonary transit, Galen, Vital spirit, Left ventricle, Right ventricle, Respiration of the Holy Spirit, Believer's baptism, Credobaptism, Infant baptism, Paedobaptism, Delusion of the Antichrist, Babylonian captivity of the Church, Sacramental realism, Real presence, Holy Communion, Lord's Supper, Eucharist, Spiritual food, Mystical illumination, Uncreated light, Optic nerve anatomy, Deification, Divinization, Theosis, Partakers of the divine nature, 2 Peter 1:4, Psalm 82:6, Cosmic Christ, New Heavens and New Earth, 1 Corinthians 15:28, God all in all, William Lane Craig, Cerberus, Praxeas, Against Praxeas, Marcellus of Ancyra, Photinus of Sirmium, Council of Nicaea 325, Council of Sirmium 351, Anathemas of Sirmium, Dilation of God's essence, Monarchianism, Dynamic Monarchianism, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Priestley, Paul of Samosata, Theodotus of Byzantium, William Ellery Channing, Dualism vs Monism, Mind-body problem, Cartesian dualism, Jordan Peterson Biblical Series, John Vervaeke, Jonathan Pageau

This is an interview from ‪@billschlegel1‬ where Bill Schlegel interviewed me about the Cappadocian Fathers. Original video :    • The Trinity is from the Cappadocian Father...  00:00:00 - Introduction & Gaps in Church History00:03:59 - The Myth of Nicaea vs. Late Trinitarian Development00:06:59 - The Culture, Wealth, and Geography of Cappadocia00:11:31 - Meet the Fathers: Elite Pedigree & Radical Charity00:24:22 - The Arian Crisis & Stacking the Bishoprics00:41:00 - The Edict of Thessalonica & Imperial Orthodoxy00:48:01 - Tweaking Definitions: Usia vs. Hypostasis00:59:00 - Political Infighting at the Council of Constantinople01:06:45 - The Surprising Transmission & Forgery of the "Nicene" Creed01:26:06 - Non-Biblical Language, Final Reflections & Recommended ReadingCappadocian Fathers, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Church History, Doctrine of the Trinity, History of the Trinity, Council of Nicaea, Council of Constantinople, Nicene Creed, Arian Crisis, Arianism, Unitarianism, Biblical Unitarianism, One God Report, Sam Tedman, Transfigured podcast, Ousia vs Hypostasis, Homoousios, Triune God, Edict of Thessalonica, Emperor Theodosius, Council of Chalcedon, Saint Augustine On the Trinity, Saint Ambrose, Athanasius of Alexandria, Arius, Battle of Adrianople, Church Councils history, Filioque Controversy, Richard Rubenstein When Jesus Became God, RPC Hansen, early church history, development of the trinity, Cappadocia Turkey history, church fathers history, how the trinity developed

Sean Finnegan comes to talk about his new book "Read the Bible for Yourself."Book Link - https://www.amazon.com/Read-Bible-Yourself-Discipleship-Finnegan/dp/1736918087/Restitutio - https://restitutio.org/. Youtube -  @restitutio8765  Living Hope International Ministries - https://lhim.org/Convo with Sean 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOKopkgWQk&t=476sConvo with Sean 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsykGsETgNw&t=2596sConvo with Sean 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC9xR7tqJPc

Yosef is an AI researcher and fellow TLC member. We discuss our thoughts on AI, reflections on  @JonathanPageau  and  @johnvervaeke  's recent discussion. Yosef's channel -  @einsofinfinitereflections9390 ​

Cassidy Van Der Kamp is a long term TLC member. She is organizing the Breakwater festival, a TLC conference in London from June 19th to the 21st, 2026. Break Water Festival - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/flowinthedarkproductions/2159501?utm_source=justinbrierley.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=join-me-and-special-guests-at-breakwater-festival-london-19-21-june

The Council of Constantinople as part of Sam and Hank's church Fathers series.00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:45 - Fourth Century Review00:16:00 - The Council begins00:20:20 - The Macedonians00:23:00 - Meletius of Antioch00:28:30 - Gregory of Nazianzus00:38:40 - Nectarius of Constantinople00:44:40 - The Canons of Constantinople00:49:20 - Aftermath00:55:30 - The Creed, or lack thereofRoman EmperorsConstantine the Great (Emperor who convened the Council of Nicaea)Constans (Son of Constantine, ruler of the West)Constantius II (Son of Constantine, ruler of the East)Julian the Apostate (Nephew of Constantine who rejected Christianity)Jovian (Imperial bodyguard commander who briefly succeeded Julian)Valentinian I (Western Emperor who appointed his brother Valens)Valens (Pro-Arian Eastern Emperor killed at Adrianople)Theodosius the Great (Spanish general made Emperor who convened the Council of 381)The Cappadocian Fathers & Allied TheologiansGregory of Nazianzus (Theologian, short-lived chairman of the Council, and Bishop of Constantinople)Basil the Great (Bishop of Caesarea who orchestrated the pro-Nicene strategy)Gregory of Nyssa (Brother of Basil, theologian who delivered Meletius’s funeral oration)Meletius of Antioch (Initial chairman of the Council of Constantinople whose sudden death caused turmoil)Other Historical Church FiguresAmbrose of Milan (Influential Western bishop and advisor to emperors)Nectarius of Constantinople (The unbaptized Senator suddenly elected as Bishop and Council chairman)Paulinus of Antioch (Rival pro-Nicene bishop of Antioch backed by Rome and Alexandria)Euzoius of Antioch (Arian bishop appointed to replace Meletius)Maximus the Cynic (Rival candidate whose claim to the see of Constantinople was invalidated by Canon 4)Augustine of Hippo (Prolific Western Church Father referenced in the aftermath)Jerome (Translator of the Vulgate, referenced in the 4th-century timeline)Theological Figures (Eponymous Heresiarchs Mentioned)Arius (Originator of the Arian controversy regarding the Son's divinity)Macedonius I of Constantinople (Pneumatomachian leader whose followers denied the divinity of the Spirit)Eunomius of Cyzicus (Leader of the radical "Anomoean" or hardcore Arian faction)Photinus of Sirmium (4th-century bishop who taught a form of Biblical Unitarianism/Dynamic Monarchianism)Paul of Samosata (3rd-century adoptionist Bishop of Antioch)Apollinaris of Laodicea (Taught that Jesus had a human body but a divine mind instead of a human soul)Sabellius (3rd-century theologian who taught Modalism/Sabellianism)Marcellus of Ancyra (Strict Monarchian theologian condemned for his views on the lifespan of Christ's kingdom)Eudoxius of Constantinople (Prominent Arian bishop referenced in Canon 1)

Jonathan Pageau (  @JonathanPageau  ) and Dr. John Vervaeke (  @johnvervaeke  ) talk about the current state of Artificial Intelligence.Midwestuary Conference Video Repository -  @Midwestuary2025  We mention Tiago Faleiro, Larry Ellison, artificial intelligence, large language models, AI plateau, model collapse, technical debt, cognitive debt, relevance realization, Moloch problem, human wisdom, classical education, automated bureaucracy, vice quantification, Flynn effect, IQ decline, AI alignment, silicon sage, Golem narrative, technology ethics, media psychology, digital degradation, data cleaning, automated agents, cognitive science, philosophy of technology, Transfigured podcast, Sam, John Vervaeke, Jonathan Pageau, Thiago Felierro, Larry Ellison, Pope Francis, Joseph Tainter and more. 00:00:00 - Introduction & Setting the Table00:01:46 - John’s Opening: The Plateau & Disconnection of LLMs00:07:25 - Jonathan’s Opening: The Threat to Gen Z & Career Paths00:09:43 - The Moloch Trap & Geopolitical Hyper-Competition00:13:55 - What is AI Decadence? (Model Collapse Explained)00:16:45 - The Superhuman Coding Illusion & Real-World Feedback Loops00:25:36 - Ontological Fumbling: Is AI a Tool or an Agent?00:33:47 - Civilizational Collapse & Automated Bureaucracy00:43:06 - The Rise of Sex Robots: Why Vice is Quantifiable and Virtue is Not00:51:56 - The Pope’s Encyclical: Tower of Babel vs. Walls of Jerusalem01:04:33 - Can a Spirit Get Inside Silicon? AI as an Oracle01:14:05 - Reversing the Flynn Effect: Restoring Wisdom Through Classical Education

Bishop Rowan Williams is the Former Archbishop of Canterbury. We discuss Christology, his book "Christ the Heart of Creation" and "Arius : Heresy and Tradition" and David Bentley Hart's book "The Light of Tabor : Towards a Monistic Christology".00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:20 - Christological Methodology00:04:30 - Kierkegaard and Perspectival Knowing00:08:25 - Protestantism and Tradition00:12:30 - Luther's Pizzaz 00:14:10 - Arius, Heresy, and Orthodoxy00:20:15 - The biography of the Word00:27:15 - Who was the Word before Jesus?00:33:45 - David Bentley Hart question00:44:45 - How is Jesus unique?00:53:20 - Miracles and the Incarnation01:00:30 - Concluding RemarksSam Tideman: Host of the Transfigured podcast and YouTube channel.Bishop Rowan Williams: Former Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, and author of Christ the Heart of Creation and Arius: Heresy and Tradition.Primary Theologians and Philosophers DiscussedDavid Bentley Hart: Orthodox theologian and author of The Light of Tabor, with whom Williams engages in a friendly debate.Jordan Daniel Wood: Contemporary theologian and author of The Christological Cosmos.Arius: The 4th-century priest whose views on the nature of Christ led to the Council of Nicaea.Ludwig Wittgenstein: 20th-century philosopher known for his work on logic and the philosophy of language.Søren Kierkegaard: 19th-century Danish philosopher and father of existentialism.Rudolf Bultmann: (Transcribed as "Bulman") 20th-century German theologian and New Testament scholar.Martin Luther: Key figure in the Protestant Reformation.John Calvin: French theologian and major figure in the Protestant Reformation.Richard Hooker: Influential 16th-century Anglican theologian and author of Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie.St. Cyril of Alexandria: 5th-century Patriarch and key defender of Orthodoxy against Nestorianism.St. Athanasius of Alexandria: 4th-century defender of Nicene Orthodoxy against Arianism.Thomas Aquinas: Medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher.Sergei Bulgakov: Russian Orthodox theologian known for his "Sophiology."St. Augustine of Hippo: Highly influential Western Church Father.St. Irenaeus of Lyons: 2nd-century theologian and author of Against Heresies.Abbé Huvelin: 19th-century French spiritual director famous for his influence on Charles de Foucauld and Baron von Hügel.Other Figures MentionedRichard Dawkins: Famous evolutionary biologist and atheist author.Justin Brierley: Host of the Unbelievable? and The Big Conversation podcasts.St. Paul: Biblical Apostle.St. Peter: Biblical Apostle.Jonah: Biblical prophet (mentioned in the "Sign of Jonah").The Virgin Mary: Mother of Jesus.Jesus of Nazareth / Jesus Christ: The central figure of the discussion.

Gregory of Nazianzus gives his 5 Orations on the Trinity. We mention Gregory of Nyssa, Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Constantine the Great, Theodosius the Great, Eunomius, Arius, The Apostle Paul, John, James, Jude, Jesus Christ, The Doctrine of the Trinity, Arianism, Unitarianism, the Council of Constantinople, the Edict of Thessolinica, and more.

This video seeks to answer the question of when did Jesus descend from heaven? Ascension of Isaiah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgB3MNK-VLM&t=1546s