St. Irenaeus fought heresy in the 2nd century. What can we learn from him today?

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🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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And just like that, with a papal decree last week, St. Irenaeus of Lyon became the 37th “doctor of the church.” Who was Irenaeus? What was the church like when he lived, sometime during the second century? And how did interpret and defend Scripture and Christian theology in a time before the Bible as we know it and the Creed even existed? To find out, we brought on Scott Moringiello, an associate professor in the Catholic studies department at DePaul University and an expert on Irenaeus and the history of biblical exegesis. We also get into what it’s like to teach undergraduates theology, often against their will. During Signs of the Times, we discuss the report on sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich, where Pope Emeritus Benedict served as bishop for four years, and Gonzaga University’s decision to revoke alumnus John Stockton’s basketball seasons tickets. Finally, we discuss the role of literature in our faith lives. Links from the show: Register to come with Jesuitical to Italy in September! Pope Francis declares St. Irenaeus a doctor of the church Explainer: Pope Francis is naming St. Irenaeus a ‘Doctor of the Church.’ What does that mean? “The Rhetoric of Faith: Irenaeus and the Structure of the Adversus Haereses” Podcast: What you need to know about Pope Benedict’s record on sexual abuse Gonzaga revokes John Stockton’s season tickets over his refusal to wear masks. What’s on Tap: Bourbon (for some French influence to honor Irenaeus) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Good to be with you Ashley, really psyched for this week's show, feel like I'm going back to school.
0:51.0	I know, yeah.
0:52.2	We can drink during class this time which is way better.
0:55.0	I know.
0:56.0	You're a theology major I'm a religious study major I can say for myself I learned a lot
1:01.0	that I have forgotten so it's so good to have kind of these nerdy
1:05.5	recaps with our interview guests. And we're talking to someone with a PhD that is Scott Morengelow, who is an expert in St. Aranaus, who Pope Francis declared a doctor of the church on January 21st.
1:20.0	Yeah, so I, you know, doctors of the Church is just this term I know generally means is somewhat important to the Catholic Church and figured, you know, okay, another, there's only 37, and so another one was named in the lifetime of this show,
1:33.8	figured we should probably hone in on the subject,
1:35.5	figure out exactly what's happening.
1:37.2	But we needed to go all the way back to the second century
1:39.6	to do it, because that's when Irenaeus was writing
1:42.3	and being Bishop.
1:43.2	And luckily we found a really engaging guest
1:45.0	to talk to us about that.
1:46.2	So stick around for that.
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1:47.7	And then we also have Sans of the Times
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