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Purposeful castration!? 🍆✂️ Anal hair plucking! 🍑 The discovery of free will!? ⚖️In this third installment of ongoing series on the history of Christian sexual morality, we explore the usage of Pauline literature by the first three centurie
Oral transmission!👄 Nine-year-old moms!🤰 Finding out Jews are, like, fine, with Jesus!🕍 In part two of our series on the history of Christian sexual morality, we get 87% more kosher, looking into the culture that birthed Jesus, the faith t
Roman romance novels📕 ! Pederasty😬 ! Penis Nicknames🍆 !In the first part of our new series on the history of Christian sexual morality, we dive into the world in which this new faith was birthed and spread: the pax romana of the high Roman
Larry Norman! Tripping on Jesus! Chris Tomlin's stupid music (probably)!As 20th century music exploded into dozens of new genres, American Christians followed the age-old pattern of expressing their faith in modes of the day. Guest Sam (aka S
Christopher Hitchens: Devil’s Advocate! The Vatican Bank!  Scranton, PA: the Electric City! Saint Teresa of Calcutta, aka Mother Teresa, (1910—1997) was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity and one of the most beloved figures of the
Creflo Dollar! Bad pronunciations! The Emergent Church!(?)This week's episode is a deeper dive into the reasons for studying the Church's history, helping us see where we've been, where we are, and where we might go (spoiler: we're not sur
Animal cruelty! Ancient rap beefs! Shut down prostitutes!Saint Ephrem the Syrian (306 - 373) is one of the most profound hymn writers and theologians of the early church. Beloved across traditions, his contributions to the Christian imaginati
St. Óscar Romero (1917 - 1980) was archbishop of San Salvador, a fierce advocate of the poor and spoke out against human rights abuses in his home country and abroad. He was assassinated by far right militants while celebrating mass in 1980 and
More medieval German erotic spiritual poetry! Enneagram 4 vibes! Translation issues!Mechthild von Magdeburg (1207 - 1282), is yet another medieval mystic (see also episodes 1, 10, 11) who brought a much-needed feminine quality to the spiritua
Monkey trials! More Doomsday predictions! Too many millenniums!Beginning with the Second Great Awakening, the guys begin a two-part flyover of American Evangelicals' transformation from rustic pioneer camp meetings into the peculiar religious
Prepping! Doomsday predictions! Greek words!Beginning with the Second Great Awakening, the guys begin a two-part flyover of American Evangelicals' transformation from rustic pioneer camp meetings into the peculiar religious, political, and so
Despotic dictators! So much more colonialism! 10 ways to murder a Christian!The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 45 Christians martyred by the King of Buganda between 1885 - 1887, as well as many as 70 Muslims martyred by his father before him.
St. Patrick’s better half! Christians stealing intellectual property! Something called “Biddy” dolls...!?Brigid of Kildare (ca. 451 - 525) is one of Ireland's patron saints and a striking example of early Christianity "borrowing" from the cul
Mysterious ancient empires! The Ark of the Covenant! A scooch more colonialismFrumentius (early 3rd century - ca. 383), aka Abune Selama, is the first Bishop of the Tewahedo, or Ethiopian Orthodox Church. From shipwreck to evading the emperor
Colonialism! Catherine of Siena 2.0! Confusion on whether to refer to first peoples as "native," "Indian," or "aboriginal!"Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 – 1680) is the first Native American to be canonized. A young woman of Mohawk descent, her comm
¡Modern Mexican Robin Hoods! ¡Narcos! ¡El Chapo!Jesús Malverde (1870 - 1909) was a bandit who arose from Mexico's rural poor. Though his existence is primarily that of legend, this Generous Bandit inspires many today--particularly the narcos,
More Italian civil wars! Self-imposed starvation! THE RETURN OF THE FORESKIN OF CHRIST!Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was a laywoman of Dominican tertiary Order, mystic, activist, diplomat, author, and theologian. One of only four women to
Women telling emperors where they can shove it! Women telling popes where they can shove it! Women possibly telling each other where they can shove it...?!Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) was an abbess, writer, composer, poet, playwright, p
Real Dead Poets Society! Unrequited Love! Popes in Hell!Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) was a nobleman, politician, and poet in Medieval Florence, Italy. Inspired by his childhood love, Beatrice, he went on to write the greatest work of Italian
Kidnappings! Horseplay! No snakes!Saint Patrick of Ireland was born into a devout noble family in western Britain, but his life changed forever when pirates raided his villa and took him prisoner. He labored as a slave in the sheep fields of
Wedding Night Hijinks! Chaucer! Botched beheadings!Saint Cecilia (c. 3rd Century), was a pious young Roman forced to marry a pagan nobleman, but her devotion to God through her vow of virginity stood starkly against her societal norms. She ch
Ascetic Sh*t!  Stigmata!  The Sultans of Swing!Francis of Assisi (1181/2 - 1226) is one of the most remarkable and well-known saints in the history of the Church. His devotion to poverty and the care of all creation, along with a pure simplic
Guest barkeep! Russian trains! Grab asses!Gladys Aylward (1902 - 1970) was just another Bible College flunkie from England ... who changed thousands of lives in the villages of China where she spent her life providing hospitality to travelers
Torture! Regicide! “Well actually” guys!Saint Maximus the Confessor (c. 580 - 662) is one of the most brilliant thinkers to have arisen in the Christian tradition. Unfortunately, he lived in exactly the wrong time to always be right...
Cross-dressing! Badly-pronounced French words! Ludacris?Jeanne d'Arc, the "Maid of Orleans," (c. 1412 - 1431), was a fearless, pious peasant girl living near the end of the 100 Years' War between the French and English crowns. Her journey
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