They were dying alongside men. I'll say that with the martyrs. Men and women were seen as models,

imitatio Christi, dying the death of the faithful follower. Christianity would not be what it is now

without women's contributions to it. And we're not just talking about small peripheral things.

We're talking like the core doctrines of the church. Trin talking about small peripheral things. We're talking like the core

doctrines of the church. Trinitarian conversations, Christology, we're talking about all of that. It would

not be what it is without them.

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology. My guest today is yet again, D. One of an only Dr. Lynn Cahick, who is Professor, a New Testament professor at Houston Christian University.

And she's written numerous books, including this outstanding book right here, Christian women in the patristic world, which she co-authored with my other guest today, namely Dr.

Amy Brown Hughes,

who received her PhD in historical theology with an emphasis in early Christianity from

Wheaton College and is an associate professor of theology at Gordon College.

Okay, we talk all things women in the early church.

Were women leaders?

What did they do?

Were there women bishops, elders,

presbyterosses or whatever? What's the significance of female martyrs? Who was Thakla and who is

Macrina? And what role did women play in the theological shape and contribution of the early church?

We address all that stuff and many,

many other things. So I just could have talked to Lynn and Amy for hours. They're just

oozing with wealth and wealth. They have a well, I was mixing metaphors. They're not

oozing with wealth. I don't think. But they are oozing with knowledge and a wealth of

wisdom of the early church. So anyway, without further ado, please welcome back to the show,

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