332: The Idol-Cleaver Ax of St Martin of Tours with Dr Taylor Marshall

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Dr. Taylor Marshall

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Dr Taylor Marshall explains the history of the “battle-ax” of Saint Martin of Tours used to chop down idols and sacred trees. He also covers St Martin and Armistice Day on his feast (Nov 11) and the tradition of Fenny Poppers! Watch this new podcast episode by clicking here: Or listen to the audio mp3 here: If you’d like to order a copy of Taylor’s new book Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within, you can order it in Hardback, Kindle, or Audiobook. Check out Patreon Patron Benefits for Donating to Dr Taylor Marshall’s Show! All these video discussions are free. Do you want to recommend a show, get signed books, and show support? Here’s how: click on Patreon Patron link: Become a Patron of this Podcast: I am hoping to produce more free weekly podcast Videos. Please help me launch these videos by working with me on Patreon to produce more free content. In gratitude, I’ll send you some signed books or even stream a theology event for you and your friends. Please become one of my patrons and check out the various tier benefits at: https://www.patreon.com/drtaylormarshall If the audio player does not show up in your email or browser, please click here to listen. If you find this podcast episode helpful, please share this podcast on Facebook. Get more from the Taylor Marshall Show: * Read Taylor Marshall’s historical fiction Sword and Serpent Trilogy. * Download the Study Guide at: http://swordandserpent.com * Take classed with Dr Marshall at the New Saint Thomas Institute. Please visit newsaintthomas.com for more details. Please Share Your Feedback for Taylor Marshall Show: * I’d love to read your feedback: While you listen to today’s podcast, would you please take 30 seconds to write a review? Please click here to Rate this Podcast! * iTunes: 3,549,958 downloads * Youtube: 10,311,915 downloads * SHOUT OUTS: A huge “shout out” to all 1,692 of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Please rate this podcast by clicking here. From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! Thank you! How to Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or Youtube: Apple/Mac Users: Please subscribe via iTunes by clicking here and then clicking on “View in iTunes.” Android Users: For listening to The Taylor Marshall Show on Android devices (free) using: * Android Stitcher app. * Android Beyond Pod app from the Google Play Store.

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0:00.0	In the great novel The Hobbit the character Thorin Okenshield carries a sword called the
0:10.8	orchrist the orchrist maybe I'm saying it wrong about so I say it orchrist which translates as the
0:17.2	ork cleaver the goblin cleaver this is what Thorin uses to cut up the orks, to cut up the goblins. And in the Catholic
0:27.0	Church, we have one of those two. It is the Cleaver, the acts of St Martin.
0:33.6	Some people call it the hammer of St Martin,
0:36.9	and that's not exactly correct.
0:39.2	It belongs to our tradition in the Catholic Church
0:42.2	of when we come into contact with idolatry, we destroy it.
0:48.7	We saw this just a few weeks ago with Alexander Chiguel from Austria and his buddy removing the Pacha
0:56.8	idols from the Church of Santa Maria Transpatina throwing them into the Tiber River.
1:03.5	We saw that with St. Vigilis, who also threw an idol into a river.
1:08.2	We see that with St. Boniface, who cuts down the sacred oak.
1:12.8	We see that with St. Benedict who destroys the idol of Apollo.
1:16.9	Of course it goes back to the Old Testament with Moses and the golden calf,
1:20.8	bail and I'm sorry, Elijah and the prophets of Bail. And it also continues with
1:26.8	today's saint. Today is November 11th. It is the feast day of St. Martin of Tours. Now on the screen you can see the
1:38.2	acts of St. Martin. I call it the idle cleaver. It's kind of like the orchrist. The idle creased, the idle cleaver of St Martin of tours.
1:52.0	And on the handle of this axe this hatchet in Latin it's a
1:58.4	securis as you'll see in just a minute there's an inscription and I'll put the Latin up on the screen so you can look at it.
2:05.7	Let's see if it comes up. There it is. All right. So you'll see the Latin.
2:10.8	Idoa Vanuurun to Martini, Chasisacuri,
2:15.0	Nemo deus cradad quesique,
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