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Passages

Passages is a new podcast sponsored by Mere Orthodoxy and hosted by Joshua Heavin and Caleb Wait.

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Most Recent Episodes of Passages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 12: We Believe

In the Nicene Creed, we confess that we believe in one God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the prior eleven episodes of Passages, we have sought to illuminate the backstory of the Nicene Creed.

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 11: We Look for the Resurrection of the dead, and the Life of the World to Come

In the final articles of the Nicene Creed, we confess that “we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.”

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Passages: Season 1: The Passages Score

If you have enjoyed listening to Passages, as we have sought to pass on the story of the Nicene faith handed down to us, you have probably noticed the thoughtful music used in every episode.

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 10: We believe in one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church

In the final articles of the Nicene Creed, we confess that “we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 9: The Holy Spirit… who with the Father and the Son is Worshiped and Glorified

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified...

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 8: We believe in the Holy Spirit

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has...

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The Passages Reading List

One of our foremost aims in this podcast was to pique the interest of listeners to read the church fathers. As Augustine tells us in his “Confessions” that he heard a child singing in a garden, so we encourage you...

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 7: We believe in the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father… begotten, not made

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made…”

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 6: The Only-Begotten Son of God, Eternally Begotten of the Father

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made…”

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 5: We Believe in the Son of God, of one Being with the Father

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one...

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 4: We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one...

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Passages: Season 1, Episode 3: We Believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth

What does it mean to confess in the Nicene Creed that “we believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, visible and invisible”?

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Passages Season 1 Episode 2

What does it mean to confess that God is “one” but also, somehow, this one God is “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”? The opening words of the Nicene creed confess that “we believe in one God.”

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Passages Season 1, Episode 1

Who wrote the Nicene Creed? Why did the estimated 300 bishops present at the Council of Nicaea use terms such as “Light of Light… consubstantial… proceeding…” and more to describe God?

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Why We’re Starting “Passages”

“O gladsome light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God...

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