Monthly Archives: August 2022

I dove further into the life of Origen with this episode (found here), and below are the various items that I cited during the podcast. Doxamoot info, “A Reverence for Things Nobler” is here. Patterns for Life is here.

Today we begin our look at Origen. Any look has to be partial, as he was a man of vast learning, and certainly someone who produced 1000s of different types of writings (letters, sermons, tracts, larger treatises). Controversial in his … Continue reading →

In this week’s podcast we look at the mid-third-century persecutions enacted by the Emperor Decius. The heaviest blows fell on larger cities, and especially in Alexandria and Carthage.

This episode (found here) covers a number of texts, the most important is the Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas and their companions. You can read the whole of their account here, with the main episodes copied below.