Apostolic Succession

The Lord of Spirits

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

The Apostles are given authority by Christ to preach, to bind and loose, to exorcise, to baptize, and so on. Did that authority die with them? What is the nature of the authority of a bishop?

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0:00.0	He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall,
0:05.0	and he will be the light of the nations and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled.
0:09.0	All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him,
0:13.0	and they will praise and bless and celebrate with song, the Lord of Spirits.
0:18.0	First Enoch, chapter 48, verses 4 through 5. The modern world doesn't acknowledge,
0:23.7	but is nevertheless haunted by spirits, angels, demons, and saints. In our time, many yearn to
0:30.9	break free of the prison of a flat, secular materialism, to see and to know reality as it truly is. What is this spiritual reality
0:40.5	like? How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life with spiritual presence?
0:47.3	Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen Damich, and Father Stephen DeYoung,
0:51.9	host this live call-in show focused on enchantment in creation,
0:56.5	the union of the scene and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.
1:02.9	Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.
1:05.7	Hey, good evening, giant killers, dragon slayers, and hammers of hydrants.
1:09.7	You are listening to the Lord of Spirit's podcast,
1:11.6	and it is episode 119. My co-host, Father Stephen DeYoung, the half-orke homunculus horker,
1:18.8	is with me straight from the swamp in Lafayette, Louisiana. I'm Father Andrew Stephen
1:21.8	Damak in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, perched precariously atop the arcane tower of podcasting hovering dozens of stories
1:28.8	above a disused gateway to the underworld.
1:31.8	And we...
1:31.9	You know, I like the voice of Steve, but one of these anniversary episodes.
1:37.4	Yeah.
1:38.0	I think just for one episode, we need to do the opening with AI Morgan Freeman.
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