Monthly Archives: July 2022

Episode 24: The Intellectual Attacks on Second-Century Christianity

We are back with another episode (which you can find here) and of course another blog post with the content from this week’s post! Don’t forget to sign up for Doxamoot 2022, 7-9 October in Emmaus PA. Don’t forget to … Continue reading

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A Brutal but Glorious Martyrdom: St. Polycarp and the Coming of the Persecutions

This episode we discuss the death of St. Polycarp, and how the persecutions that surrounded his death marked the end of some decades of relative peace. The Episode is found here! Here is the correspondence referenced in the show between … Continue reading

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A Theology of Martyrdom and Persecution (Episode 21).

This week’s episode dives into the question of what the early Church thought Martyrdom entailed. We shall expand on this over the next few weeks, but simply for now, it was much more “being a witness.” You can find the … Continue reading

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