Forthcoming & previous events are listed below. If there’s sufficient interest I’m happy to explore repeating events at different times & locations – please get in touch.
Forthcoming Events
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
Clement of Alexandria (c.150 - 214 AD) - not to be confused with Clement of Rome - lived and worked in one of the most important cultural, religious & trade centres of the ancient world. …
Sat, 07 Sep, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Study Day
Origen - The Pursuit of the Beautiful Word
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
Origen (c. 185 - 254 AD) was an ascetic scholar, teacher, priest, apologist and prolific author with a prodigious output. He was called upon as a theological trouble-shooter to resolve disputes in the world-wide Church…
Sat, 12 Oct, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
The life of St Athanasius (c. 295 - 373 AD) the “fiery bishop of Alexandria” is intimately connected with the fourth century formation of the doctrine of the Trinity. He played a vital role in…
Sat, 09 Nov, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Study Day
St Cyril of Alexandria - The Unity of Christ
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
St Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378 - 444 AD) was a consummate ecclesiastical politician, theologian and biblical commentator. He is best known as a key player in the 5th century Christological crisis in the run-up…
Sat, 30 Nov, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Reading Group
Advent Reading Group - "On the Incarnation" by St Athanasius
Online
A reading group for Advent 2024 meeting online to work through the classic text "On the Incarnation" by St Athanasius, examining the event & implications of the Incarnation through the eyes of this key Early…
Monday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd December 2024 @ 7pm
Free
Previous Events
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
"Begotten not made, of one being with the Father"... is a crucial but perplexing phrase in the Nicene Creed. What does it mean, why was it so important (and controversial) and how did we end…
Sat, 10 Feb, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Study Day
St Gregory of Nyssa - Humanity & Spirituality
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
“He did not make the heavens in his image, nor the moon, sun, the stars’ beauty, nor anything else you see in creation. You alone are made in the likeness of that nature which surpasses…
Sat, 03 Feb, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Study Day
St Gregory of Nazianzus - Trinity & Salvation
Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford
What can we in the contemporary West learn from an ancient Eastern saint such as Gregory “The Theologian”, specifically on the topics of the Trinity and Salvation? That’s the task for this Study Day. The…
Sat, 20 Jan, 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Starting
£25.00
/ Reading Group
St Athanasius "On the Incarnation"
Pusey House, Oxford
A reading group for Advent, working through this classic text over a series of three evenings, examining the event & implications of the Incarnation through the eyes of a key Early Church figure. St Athanasius…
Mondays in December 2023
Free