The 2026–2027 installment of the New York Church History Discussion Series is titled: The Perennial Esoteric “Tradition,” Judaism, and Catholicism.

All lectures take place on Saturdays at 2:30 P.M. in the Church Hall of Holy Innocents at 128 West 37th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue. Wine and cheese reception will follow. An entrance fee of $15 will be collected at the door.

These talks will be made available on the Roman Forum Soundcloud.

Syllabus

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September 26: Esotericism, Gnosticism, and Judaism at the Beginning of Christianity

October 10: The Destruction of the Second Temple, Rabbinic Judaism, and Christianity

November 21: Talmudic Judaism

December 12: The Kabbalah

2027

January 23: The Kabbalah & the Christian World Through the “Reuchlin War”

February 27: The Lurianic Kabbalah and the Politicization of its Message

March 13: Enlightenment Esotericism, Judaism, and Christianity

April 3: Christian Zionism

May 8: Current Dangers to the Faith from the Perennial Esoteric Tradition