Valens
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Oct 8, 2026
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, in the reign of Julian the Apostate, A.C. 361.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And between Valentinian and Valens, A.C. 364, went from her into the eastern empire to make war with the remnant of her seed, which she left behind her when she fled.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And thus the beast revived.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
By the next division of the empire, which was between Gratian and Theodosius, A.C. 379, the beast with ten horns rose out of the sea, and the beast with two horns out of the earth.
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Adam BielkaNARRATOR
The same is to be understood of the church in Smyrna, which also kept the word of God's patience, and was without fault.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
These two churches, with their posterity, are therefore the two pillars, and the two candlesticks, and two witnesses in the second temple.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
After the reign of Emperor Julian and his successor Jovian, who reigned but five months, the empire became again divided between Valentinian and Valens.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
Then the church Catholic, in the epistle to the angel of the church of Laodicea, is reprehended as lukewarm and threatened to be spewed out of Christ's mouth.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Such are the views which Athanasius himself gives us of the effects of his restoration.
speaker_3NARRATOR
A number of his enemies retracted and justified him in the most honorable manner, and among these the recantation of Ursatius and Valens is remarkable.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Asclepius was also restored to Gaza and Marcellus to Ankara, though the latter was not unmolested.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The suspicion of his unsoundness was perhaps justly increased by the less ambiguous sentiments of Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, who was supposed to tread in his steps, and was, in a council at that place, deposed as a Sabellian by universal consent.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The bishops lifted up their hand to heaven and told Constantius that the empire was not his but God's, and reminded him of the day of judgment.
speaker_3NARRATOR
He drew his sword on them in a rage, but contented himself with ordering their banishment.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Hilary the deacon was stripped and scourged and ridiculed by Osatius and Valens, who had recanted some time ago.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Hilary blessed God and bore the indignity as a Christian.
Patrick WymanHOST
That changed in 365.
Patrick WymanHOST
The Goths contributed troops to the cause of an imperial usurper named Procopius, who tried to overthrow the Emperor Valens, a villain and incompetent with whom we'll spend a great deal more time in next week's episode.
Patrick WymanHOST
The Gothic leaders and kings who had thrown their weight behind Procopius were rewarded with money, but Valens intercepted the troops, and they never got to Procopius.
Patrick WymanHOST
Valens defeated the usurper shortly thereafter and had him executed.
Patrick WymanHOST
Now Valens, as you might imagine, wasn't too happy about the Goths' involvement in a Roman civil war, so he set about teaching them a lesson.
Patrick WymanHOST
In 367, he took an army across the Danube.
Patrick WymanHOST
Valens didn't really get much done.
Patrick WymanHOST
According to our friend Ammianus Marcellinus, Valens sent, quote, plundering bands and seized some of the families which could be captured before they reached the steep and winding mountain regions and while they were still wandering over the level plains.
Martin ArmstrongGUEST
You can probably search it on our site.
Martin ArmstrongGUEST
Back in, in, oh, the 360s, there was a Roman emperor, uh, Valens, and he made the same stupid mistake.
Martin ArmstrongGUEST
The, Attila the Hun was coming from Asia over, so he let their arch enemy, the Goths, who were Germanic tribes, to come in, train them, taught them Roman tactics, et cetera, thinking he would be able to increase the military troops to defend against Attila the Hun.
Martin ArmstrongGUEST
Sounded like a logical theory.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
Jovian had been but a few months on the throne when he died suddenly on his way from Antioch to Constantinople.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
He was succeeded by Valentinian, who, unfortunately for the peace of the church, chose his brother Valens to help him in the government, taking the west for his own share of the empire and leaving the east to his brother.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
Valens, who was both weak and cruel, had an Arian wife and declared at once in favor of the Arians.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
The east was once more to be the scene of strife and persecution.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
The emperor, who had not yet been baptized, received the sacrament at the hands of Eudoxius, the Arian bishop of Constantinople, a worthy successor of Eusebius, who in the middle of the ceremony made Valens take an oath that he would remain faithful to the Arians and pursue the Catholics with every vigor.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
The emperor, thus won over, the Arians began to persecute and slander those who were faithful to the church.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
Several were even put to death.
Patty MarieNARRATOR
The Catholics, in desperation, resolved at last to send an embassy to Valens to ask for justice.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
And thus the beast was wounded to death with a sword.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, in the reign of Julian the Apostate, AC 361, and, between Valentinian and Valens, AC 364, went from her into the eastern empire to make war with the remnant of her seed, which she left behind her when she fled.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
And thus the beast revived.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
By the next division of the empire, which was between Gratian and Theodosius, AC 379, the beast with ten horns rose out of the sea, and the beast with two horns out of the earth.
21 MINS LATER
speaker_2UNKNOWN
spewed out of christ's
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
mouth at the opening of the seventh seal and this puts an end to the times of the first temple About one half of the Roman Empire turned Christians in the time of Constantine the Great and his sons.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
After Julian had opened the temples and restored the worship of the heathens, the emperors Valentinian and Valens tolerated all their reign, and therefore the prophecy of the sixth seal was not fully accomplished before the reign of their successor Gratian.
C.J. PloegNARRATOR
It was the custom of the heathen priests, in the beginning of the reign of every sovereign emperor, to offer him the dignity and habit of the Pontifex Maximus.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And thus the beast was wounded to death with a sword.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, in the reign of Julian the Apostate, AC 361, and, between Valentinian and Valens, AC 364, went from her into the eastern empire to make war with the remnant of her seed, which she left behind her when she fled.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
And thus the beast revived.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
By the next division of the empire, which was between Gratian and Theodosius, AC 379, the beast with ten horns rose out of the sea, and the beast with two horns out of the earth.
24 MINS LATER
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
spewed out of christ's mouth at
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
the opening of the seventh seal and this puts an end to the times of the first temple About one half of the Roman Empire turned Christians in the time of Constantine the Great and his sons.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
After Julian had opened the temples and restored the worship of the heathens, the emperors Valentinian and Valens tolerated all their reign, and therefore the prophecy of the sixth seal was not fully accomplished before the reign of their successor Gratian.
Adam BielkaNARRATOR
it was the custom of the heathen priests in the beginning of the reign of every sovereign emperor to offer him the dignity and habit of the pontifex maximus This dignity all emperors had hereto accepted.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
Jovian dies in 364.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
Valens assumes the throne.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
He's a staunch defender of Arianism, and Athanasius leaves again.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
Finally, Valens, the emperor, says enough is enough.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
None of these emperors can get the best of Athanasius.
Kevin DeYoungHOST
You can go back home.
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