The History of the Christian Church. Season 3 Episode 2 (Part 30) Boethius – Christianity in Conversation with Philosophy.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we meet Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius — a Roman scholar, philosopher, and Christian who lived at the twilight of the ancient world. From his prison cell, awaiting execution under Theodoric the Ostrogoth, Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, one of the most influential works in Western history. This episode explores the life, context, and thought of Boethius — a man standing between two worlds: the fading classical order of Rome and the rising C...