3.24 Remaking Paul I: Irenaeus

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 693 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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During the middle of the 2nd century, Paul was rescued from the Marcionites and Gnostics. He was elevated from honoured missionary to master theologian. I also discuss the Acts of Paul and his acolyte Thecla.

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0:00.0	Giday, I'm Gary Stevens.
0:09.9	And welcome to the third season of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:15.3	In this final season, I explore how the Jews and the Christians constructed new religions when they were
0:23.6	sent spinning into the void after the destruction of the temple. All of the history, about all of the books beyond the Bible.
0:44.1	Episode 3.24, Remaking Paul Part 1, Iraneus.
0:51.5	In this episode, I followed the interpretation of Paul's thought in the second century,
0:54.9	when the Imperial Church was consolidating its franchise.
1:02.5	To get a clearer picture about all the personalities I mention, about who lived when,
1:07.9	you can view and download one-page timelines from my website,
1:09.4	www. www. .
1:11.6	In the age of the Apostolic Fathers,
1:15.6	the 60 years between the Great Revolt in 66
1:19.6	and the Bar Kosovo Revolt in 132,
1:23.6	Paul was honoured as a great missionary, writer and martyr.
1:28.7	But nothing more.
1:30.9	Shortly after, in the middle third of the second century,
1:35.3	Paul fell out of favour with the Imperial Church.
1:39.4	Marciam, and quite independently, the Gnostics,
1:43.1	had moved Paul to centre stage of their movements
1:46.6	as the only apostle to truly understand Jesus' message.
1:52.4	The church in corporate recoiled.
1:55.1	It could not possibly lord a man promoted by its enemies.
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