A Field Guide to Heresy - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 27 Part 2
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English - September 29, 2013 22:10 - 11 minutes - 2.76 MB - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHistory empire history book edward gibbon reviews roman Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Lucretius - The Nature of Things
Theological wrangles were a big issue in the late Roman Empire. The orthodox form of Christianity did not immediately win everybody over, and for some time it was in danger of being replaced by what are now considered to be heretical views. This episode is a quick field guide to some of the alternative forms that Christianity might have taken.