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Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 27:28

In this tribute to the Anchorite phenomena I focus on some "Faction Action" during play of Mutant Year Zero - Genlab Alpha whilst reminiscing on the end of an Era. Awesome called in contributions from Jason Hobbs (Random Screed), Barry Robertson (A Song of Dice & Shadows), Ben Milton (Questing Beast), Frank Turfler and Jason Connnerly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast). The intro music used in this episode "Tortured Heart" was written and performed by Frank Clark and is edited and used with his express permission. If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding about this episode, please contact me, Colin Green, spikepitpodcast@gmail.com. If you would like to support my efforts, please consider joining the rest of the Pit Crew at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/spikepit⁠ #spikepitpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spikepit/message

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Julian of Norwich: God the Mother Theology

Chthonia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 53:37

Check out the Divine Feminine App! Click at the link below to view and register for free, or download the app on your phone. https://thedfapp.com/v2/dashboard#a_aid=ChthoniaWebsite: https://chthonia.netPatreon: https://patreon.com/chthoniaSocial media: chthoniapodcast (IG, X, and YouTube), Chthonia Podcast (FB)This week we look at the final entry for now in the Female Christian Mystics series, the medieval anchorite Julian of Norwich. We don't know if her actual name was Julian, or very much else about her personal life. Some scholars believe that she wasn't even a nun, but a widowed mother who lost her family during the Great Plague and subsequently took anchorite vows. What we have is her book of Sixteen Divine Revelations, in which she describes sixteen visions of Christ that she had over two days. In this book and a subsequent interpretation, she lays out a mystical theology of Christ as Mother, and a theology of divine Love in the Via Negativa tradition of mysticism that challenges the theology of a broken creation that needs fixing.

ATHONITE FATHERS and ATHONITE MATTERS - By: Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

Athonite Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 302:00

Published by: The Holy Convent of the Evangelist John the Theologian, Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece. Contents: Father Tychon Elder Evlogios (the Disciple of Hadji-Georgis) Elder Pachomios (the Disciple of Elder Evlogios and Grandson of Hadji-Georgis) Father Seraphim, the Anchorite of Mt. Athos The Unknown Anchorite (Probably One of the Anchorites of Athos Who Live Invisibly Hieromonk Anthimos, the Fool-for-Christ The Prodigious Father Daniel Elder Cosmas from Holy Monastery of Pantocrator (the Wine Grower) Father Philaret, the Abbot of Holy Monastery of Constamonitou Elder Peter (Petrakis) Elder Augustine Father George, the Anchorite Elder Philaret Elder Ephraim "The Wretch" Elder Constantine, the Fool-for-Christ Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou Elder Tryphon Father Cyril, the Ascetic and Abbot of the Holy Monastery Koutloumousiou The Hieromonk who was tormented by the Tempter because of a Prideful Thought The Strong-Willed Disciple The Devout and Obedient Disciple The Value of a Monk The Power of a Monk's Prayer The Power of the Komboschini (Prayer rope), of the Jesus Prayer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

The Holy Org Chart

The Popeular History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 58:21

NOTE: Though I mentioned timestamping, I've decided to forego that for now to allow me to go ahead and get this episode out without additional delay. I may well add it in retroactively at some point but for now you'll just have to survive with the free full transcript, below. https://columbuscatholic.org/chancery https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253959/cardinal-hollerich-there-s-space-to-expand-church-teaching-on-all-male-priesthood Hello everyone, welcome back to Popeular History, a library of Catholic knowledge and insights and I'm going to be skipping the brought to you daily part because I've switched, at least for the time being, back to a model that basically can best be described as brought to you as I am able: something every month, probably. Which, I admit, doesn't roll off the tongue quite so well, but it's the right move. Anyways, it's good to be back talking with you again, I've been using the time away wisely, taking care of family and household stuff that needed my attention. Thank you for understanding. This is going to be something of a glossary of various roles within the Catholic Church that are gonna keep popping up, so consider this your cheat sheets to consult as needed. Oh and good news, I learned how to timestamp show notes, at least on some catchers, so see if it works for you. Let me know if it doesn't. See the show notes. Without further ado, let's get into these church roles, starting with church roles you may recognize from the Bible but which are no longer a thing unless you're like a Mormon or something. First, APOSTLE. The most familiar use of this term is referring to one of the 12 Apostles, Jesus' closest followers: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, the other James, Judas (not *that* Judas), Simon, and Judas (yes *that* Judas). At least, that's the listing of the 12 as given in the book of Acts, my favorite reference point as this podcast talks about Church history and Church history actually happens in Acts, unlike the Gospels where it's pre-Pentecost so it's not really Church history yet, per se. And really, *that* Judas, Judas Iscariot, is replaced by Matthias for most purposes when you're talking about the apostles because since Judas betrayed Jesus he's a bit of an embarrassment to the group, which, fair enough. In the end, Apostle is the only one of these titles where I'm going to name the main holders individually in this episode, though of course through future episodes of the podcast I'll name all the Popes and Cardinals I have documentation of any kind for and we should also recognize that the term Apostle is used outside the Twelve as well at various points, including most prominently Saint Paul and even the almost certainly female Junia in his Letter to the Romans. The broader term for one of the earlier followers of Jesus is a DISCIPLE, and while this one does have some use in contemporary Catholicism, for example my parish has a slogan of "making disciples and disciple makers", the title of disciple as a specific identifier is something you're going to encounter in the Bible rather than in the day-to-day, where it's more of a general goal as a follower of Jesus. Meanwhile, an EVANGELIST is one who wrote one of the Gospels. Earlier I committed to the Apostles being the only one of these titles where I'd name all 12 of the main holders and I'm going to stick to that, but yeah, it's that simple. Note that this is actually more restrictive than being one of the writers of Scripture in general, for instance even though he wrote a good chunk of the New Testament, Saint Paul doesn't get described as an Evangelist. That isn't to say there isn't a bit of a tradition of using even this term someone analogously for anyone who spreads the message of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, for example the decidedly non-Catholic phenomenon of Televangelists get their name as a play on this word. Our last Bible-times Church role is that of PROPHET. Simply put, a prophet is someone inspired by the Holy Spirit to deliver a message, John the Baptist being the most famous New Testament example though especially if you look closely at the Book of Acts you can find other examples. There have been a number of folks who have made claims to be prophets in some form or another, generally the Church has frowned on such pronouncements. Officially, all new *public* revelation closed with the death of John the last Apostle around the year 100. However, the door to being a legitimate prophet is not completely closed, since *private* revelation is still possible, for example the various Marian apparitions like Lourdes and Fatima. What makes revelation considered "private" is not so much its actual privacy as its non-binding nature. All Catholics are obliged to accept public revelation, namely the Bible; no one is obliged to accept any private revelation like latter-day Prophets, though such individuals can gain the basic endorsement of the Church, which is what made Fatima, for example, so influential. That bit of a gray area bringing a Biblical role to the present is a good transition to the category of Church roles we'll talk about next, namely the basic roles in and structure of the Catholic Church today. As a periodic reminder, the default perspective and focus of this show is Catholic Christianity. I say that because there are plenty of Christian groups that follow models different than what I'll be describing here, though in broad terms what we'll be talking about is the dominant structure of Christianity and has been for centuries if not millennia. The fundamental concept to understand for this part–and really, to understand much of Catholicism–is APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION. Apostolic succession is the notion that the Apostles were the first BISHOPS and picked folks to succeed them in their ministry as bishops. I'm not here to convince you that that's what happened, but since this show runs with Pope-colored glasses, it's what we're rolling with. In this framework, not just anyone can have authority in the Church, only those who have this apostolic succession. You can still get wrinkles, like MYSTICS that influence the bishops, but ultimately, whether a mystic has lasting influence is going to depend on whether any bishops- that is anyone who has apostolic succession- listens to her. And I say her because such mystics are typically female. And actually, I wasn't planning on covering mystics in this overview, but I guess I really should give them their own timestamp in the summary here since I've gone off on a tangent. I talked about them earlier in the context of modern day prophets. Basically, a mystic is someone who has some sort of special connection to revelation, whether God or the Blessed Virgin Mary or whoever. But anyways, back to bishops, because while stuff like mystics are fun, the majority of church admin is done in much more mundane fashion by the regular clergy like the Bishops. Catholic Bishops are always male, because in Catholicism ordination is what makes someone a bishop, and Catholic teaching holds that women cannot be ordained. Another particularity of ordination is that someone who is ordained can't get married, though put a pin in that because it's going to get more complicated when we talk about priests and especially deacons. Only bishops can carry out ordinations, and it involves physical touch so they cannot be done remotely. To minimize concerns about who has apostolic succession and who does not, for many years the standard has been that at least three bishops should participate in the ordination of a bishop, though this is not strictly speaking a requirement. With all of this apostolic succession and ordination business, the Catholic world is divided in two: the CLERGY, that is, those who are ordained, and the LAITY, that is, those who are not ordained. There's also sort of a third category but shush I'm keeping it simple and don't worry we'll get into that before we're done today. LAY, the shortened form of Laity, can also be used as an adjective in Church terminology, for instance in the phrase LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS, or LAY CARDINALS, in both cases emphasizing that the individual being described is not as ordained as one might expect. Meanwhile, CLERG is not a word, pleaae don't try to make it a thing. Anyways, once ordained, bishops are typically assigned a specific geographic area called a DIOCESE. Their main base of operations will tend to be in what's called a CATHEDRAL that's generally in the most prominent city in that diocese, and the Diocese is generally named after the city, for instance my home diocese of Columbus is named after the city of Columbus in Ohio. In some ways bishops are equals, for instance all bishops can ordain successors. But in other ways they aren't, for instance Catholicism is somewhat famously centered around the Bishop of Rome, aka the POPE, who is prominent because the Diocese of Rome was where Saint Peter, the foremost disciple, settled down, never mind that by all accounts he also ran the Church in Antioch for a while. Collectively, all the Catholic Bishops in the world are called the COLLEGE OF BISHOPS, and according to the very handy and highly recommended Gcatholic.org there are well over 5000 such Catholic bishops alive today. Of course, there are also a good number of bishops who aren't Catholic, meaning they aren't in communion with the Pope, especially the Eastern Orthodox. And forgive me if I explain being in communion as like the Church version of being facebook friends. It's obviously more solemn than that, but basically yes, it's a mutual public acknowledgement that you're on good terms with someone else. Bishops who aren't in communion with Rome are still bishops- meaning they still have apostolic succession and can still create their own successors, which has lead to a fair amount of drama, historically. When I mentioned not all bishops are created equally, I wasn't just talking about the Pope. There are several different kinds of bishops to consider, so let's hit the highlights. In addition to a regular bishop who heads a diocese, there's a higher level bishop called an ARCHBISHOP who runs what's called an ARCHDIOCESE or you might see the term PROVINCE. Technically I believe a province is the combination of an Archdiocese and any regular diocese that are under its jurisdiction, which are called SUFFRAGAN diocese in that context while the Archdiocese is called the METROPOLITAN, which is also a shorthand way of referring to the archbishop in that arrangement, or you might more fully call him the METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP. To return to my home diocese as an example, the Metropolitan for the Diocese of Columbus is the Archbishop of Cincinnati. Not every Archbishop is a Metropolitan Archbishop, because not every Archdiocese has a suffragan diocese. You can also find cases where a person is personally made an Archbishop but is not put in charge of an Archdiocese, those cases are called "PRO HAC VICE", which is basically Latin for "for this occasion”, meaning while the person is being made an archbishop their diocese is not being made an archdiocese. There are weirder scenarios that can pop up as well, but I'm trying to focus on the highlights to keep this manageable and will point out the more unusual stuff when and if it pops up. In terms of territory, the next step above a province would typically be a REGION, which is generally just an administrative subdivision of a national bishops' Conference. Columbus is in a region with all the dioceses–it's hard to pluralize that–in Ohio and Michigan, called Region VI. This particular layer of admin is completely unremarkable and has no special titles or roles associated with it. At the top of the national level there's generally what's called a BISHOP'S CONFERENCE, an organization made up of the bishops and perhaps their equivalents across a given nation. Depending on the scale of things you might also see bishop's conferences that cover multiple countries or I think I've even seen some sub-national bishops' conferences here and there, it just depends on what makes sense given the geopolitics and the nature of the Catholic Community. Though there isn't a special churchy title for the leadership of a Bishops' Conference- they're just called President or whatever- I will tend to note when someone I'm going over holds a leadership post here since it's at the national level. Getting back to church titles rather than standard admin structure, it's worth noting that, in a nutshell, the older a diocese is the more prestige and gravitas it has. Historically, the oldest diocese in a given country had special importance and was something a bit above a regular archdiocese called a PRIMATIAL SEE held by a PRIMATE- not the monkey though sure joke away– oh and see by the way is just another word for a diocese, that's S-E-E. It's specifically referring to the bishop's "seat", which is the same concept that makes the head church of a Diocese called a Cathedral, cathedra being a Latin word for Chair. And yeah, it's a bit weird to have so much focus on what someone is sitting on but keep in mind thrones for kings kind of fill the same concept, it's basically the idea that it's the office that has its own importance that accumulates with each officeholder. Some diocese are dignified at an even higher level and are called Patriarchates, with bishops of those diocese being called Patriarchs. Historically the core group of patriarchates was Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. Others have been added through the years, notably Moscow in the East. Generally Patriarchates are more associated with Eastern Orthodoxy since the highest ranking churchmen there are the Patriarchs, though the Popes would also flaunt their Papal powers over the church generally by setting up some new Western Patriarchates as well, like Lisbon and Venice. I'll definitely be spending a lot of time talking about all the various patriarchates in the main narrative, so stay tuned. Recently a new role has been developed, and of course I mean recently in church terms so, you know, in living memory, and that's the role of what's termed a "MAJOR ARCHBISHOP", just half a hair down from a Patriarch in dignity, and of course overseeing a "MAJOR ARCHBISHOPRIC". Check out my episode on Sviatoslav Shevchuk for more on that, basically the Vatican wanted to grant the Ukranians higher honor but could not fully commit to a new Patriarchate because of pressure from Moscow, so the position was developed as a compromise. There are now a total of four Major Archbishops, all Eastern Catholics. To explain very briefly, now that I'm mentioning Eastern Catholics, the Catholic Church is actually made up of a total of 24 sui iuris- that is, "self governing" Churches, called Particular churches. The one you're probably most familiar with is the biggest, what's called the Latin Church, but the other 23 are equally important at least in theory even though in practice they often get sidelined or overlooked. A single city may have multiple bishops because of these different rites, and also because of non-Catholic bishops, for example there are currently five people claiming the role of Patriarch of Antioch, three Catholic bishops from different sui iuris particular churches in union with Rome, and two Orthodox bishops not in union with Rome. None of these Patriarchs of Antioch are based in Antioch, modern Antakya. It's complicated. Collectively members of these non-Latin Sui Iuris churches are called Eastern Catholics and In most cases these are the results of various splits and reunions throughout Church history, resulting in a variety of local traditions maintained because 1 tradition is beautiful and 2 union with the Pope is more important to the Pope then making everyone do exactly the same thing, though there have certainly been pushes for that, and I hope that somewhat tongue-in-cheek brief overview isn't too insulting but long story short the variety resulting from these different traditions could easily double the length of this episode, but given the main purpose of this was to allow Cardinal-Watchers to follow Cardinal Numbers without getting too lost I'm going to let the Latin rite examples I've given form the core and I'll explain Eastern titles- such as calling most bishops EPARCHS and most Dioceses EPARCHIES- as they appear in individual episodes. Now, believe it or not, there's still a few more bishop-tier titles to go. First, a TITULAR BISHOP is a bishop who has been assigned a non-functional diocese, which sounds like a bit of a raw deal- and to be clear, it is- but it generally allows them to focus on other stuff they need to be doing while officially giving them the status and dignity of being a bishop. There are also titular archbishops and even titular patriarchs, basically the next few terms function as adjectives. Another modifier you might see before someone's bishop title is "Auxiliary". An AUXILIARY BISHOP is a bishop who assists in the administration of a see- typically an archdiocese or a patriarchate- while being titular bishop of another see. This keeps one person as the overall pastor but allows for easing the burden when there's a lot of bishopping to be done. There's another kind of bishop called a COADJUTOR. As the co- part might suggest, a coadjutor bishop acts alongside the regular bishop. Generally speaking a coadjutorship is a short term arrangement, designed to ease the transition when the regular bishop retires, with the coadjutor having automatic succession. Unlike Auxiliary bishops, coadjutor bishops are not typically given a separate titular see reflecting this even closer association with the diocese. Normally the goal is one bishop per diocese and one diocese per bishop, coadjustorships are treated as an exception to that ideal for the sake of smooth transition. Another adjective you'll see applied to someone's title as bishop is emeritus, and this one I think is more familiar to folks. A BISHOP EMERITUS is the former bishop of a diocese. In modern practice most Bishops are required to submit their resignation to the Pope once they turn 75, so that's the typical retirement age, but early retirements due to health reasons or air quotes "health reasons" are not unheard of, and sometimes folks are left in their posts for a bit longer. When a diocese has no serving bishop, that period is called a SEDE VACANTE, or "vacant seat". Most folks hear that in connection with the Pope, though the term can be used for all diocese, not just Rome. If the vacancy is a longer one, you'll often see what's called an APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR appointed for the interim, someone to keep things running who may or may not already be a bishop of another diocese, often the metropolitan. Finally, there's a broader term that includes but is not limited to bishops that I've been studiously avoiding: an ORDINARY. Most often the ordinary is a bishop, but there are some special jurisdictions outside the normal diocesan structure that are served by a non-episcopal-AKA non-bishop- ordinary. Such jurisdictions are called ORDINARIATES. And yeah, don't let the wording fool you, ordinariates headed by an ordinary are not, you know, the ordinary arrangement, those are for special circumstances. The most common type of ordinariate is a MILITARY ORDINARIATE. Given the special needs of armed forces and the families serving in them, many nations have a specific ordinariate dedicated to military families. There is also something called a PERSONAL ORDINARIATE, which in modern times is best understood as a bridge between Anglicanism and Catholicism, something Anglican leaders aren't particularly thrilled about but that didn't stop Pope Benedict XVI from setting up the structure a few years back. This is also as good a time as any to note that a CHAPLIN is like the priest-level edition of an ordinary, in the sense that they're dedicated to a specific group of people that isn't a geographic thing, and also in the sense that it's often something you'll see in a military or other institutional context, and *also* in the sense that a chaplain might not actually be a priest even though they carry out many similar functions, much like an ordinary may not actually be a bishop. Alright, next up, let's start looking at what's going on within a typical diocese, especially at Mass, that most Catholic of ceremonies. As you might have guessed, we're going to be talking a fair bit about PRIESTS today, so let's dive in there. Priests, like bishops, receive Holy Orders through ordination. They effectively function as a stand-in for the bishop, serving as his delegates in the local churches called PARISHES. They have apostolic succession only in a secondary sense- their holy orders are valid because of their bishop's valid apostolic succession, and they cannot ordain successors themselves. Unless of course they also happen to be a bishop, which, yes, Mr Offscreen Pedant, bishops are also priests, but I'm speaking specifically about priests who are not also bishops. All bishops are priests and deacons to boot, holy orders is a three-part deal that stacks up like that. Of course, not all deacons are priests, and not all priests are bishops. It's a squares and rectangles kind of thing. The primary function of a priest is to administer sacraments, especially saying Mass and hearing confessions. I actually have my sacraments series done for the Solemn High Pod, so check out the three part Popeular History episode 0.20 if you want to know more about Mass and the sacraments. If 0.23 and dare I hope 0.31 are done by the time you're listening to this you can check out those as well for more on the Mass. Like Bishops, priests are generally expected to practice clerical celibacy, especially in the Latin church but also in the East in the sense that they cannot get married after ordination. So if they want to join the ranks of the married clergy, they better already have the married part done before they do the clergy part. A priest is the most essential person when it comes to Mass, because priests are the ones who either celebrate or say Mass–either of those verbs will work, by the way, and I'm not actually aware of a difference in meaning. Anyways, this is brought home by the fact that priests can literally say Mass by themselves, with no one else present. And I don't want to go too far into theology in this org chart overview, but I really should note that ultimately, on a theological level, it's not so much the priests themselves saying Mass or hearing confessions, rather it's Christ acting through them. What about deacons? Well, first off, there are two kinds of deacons in current practice: TRANSITIONAL DEACONS and PERMANENT DEACONS. The transitional deaconate is a step towards priesthood, and typically lasts a year. It's the first rung of Holy Orders, the first ordination the future priest will receive. In the case of permanent deacons, rather than a stepping stone the diaconate is its own vocation, with the recruiting focus being on men ages 35-55 or so depending on the diocese. Even in the west married permanent deacons are normal, though still with the same caveat that I mentioned for eastern priests earlier: once you're ordained no more new marriages for you. Deacons have an assisting role at Mass and administering other rites and sacraments but historically their main role has been more in the realm of what's called works of mercy, aka helping the poor, as that was the original idea behind setting up the diaconate as outlined in the biblical Book of Acts. It was only in recent times–recent times in the scale of Catholicism of course meaning in you know, living memory, it's a big timeline–anyways it was only in recent times that the permanent diaconate was revived after a millenium of suppression. Technically, to be sure, there were some deacons in the middle ages–Pope Gregory VII gained his reputation as Deacon Hildebrand- but outside of the Papal court, where titles tend to carry on regardless, DROPDROP they were scarcely more than a step to the priesthood, DROPDROP that transitional model I mentioned earlier. Before that decline, deacons were actually generally more impactful than priests, often serving as the bishop's right hand, especially in the form of ARCHDEACONS. This model is still largely present in the Eastern Churches, especially if you recall that Arkdiyakon role I mentioned in the context of the Thomas Christians I mentioned last month. Finally, I should note that there is strong historical evidence for a female diaconate in the early Church, for example in Romans 16 Saint Paul refers to a certain Phoebe as a deaconess, and unlike in the historical argument over female priests and bishops, the Church accepts a form of female diaconate as a historical reality. However, it is argued that women deacons were not ordained, that their role was fundamentally different from that of male deacons. Whether to revive an unordained form of female diaconate is an active topic of discussion in Rome. Of course, we're well into the weeds now. Things have changed. But before we make our way back to the modern Church, let's take a quick look at how Holy Orders worked prior to the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s. Before Vatican II, Holy Orders didn't start with the diaconate, the priesthood was actually the culmination of a seven-step process that began with what's called the minor orders. The lowest rung of this ladder was the PORTER, being basically the church doorman. After that, the LECTOR, in charge of some of the Bible reading at Mass, and a role which largely survived the council but was taken out of the context of a step on the path to priesthood, to the extent that even shock of shocks women can be Lectors. Next up was the ever crowd-pleasing role of EXORCIST, one trained to cast out demons, and perhaps surprisingly that's another role that's still with us, now taking the form of a special category of priests. As I understand it, to this day each Diocese has at least one exorcist, though their identities are typically kept secret because, ya know, kooks who won't stop bugging him because, I mean, real-life-exorcist. Cool. Finally, up at the top of the minor orders there was the role of ACOLYTE. Think alter server but one of the more active ones, not just a candle-holder. And yes, a role that was once higher than an exorcist is now generally occupied by a middle schooler. Right above the minor orders was the first rank that required ordination- no, not the deacon, the SUB-DEACON. Like all the other minor orders suppressed in the West, this role has been preserved in the East. Take this how you will, but the East has tended to more scrupulously preserve tradition than the Latin Church. It probably helps that they have no one with sufficient authority to come close to mucking around with tradition. I honestly don't think we'll be talking about sub-deacons much, but just know they're, well, right below a standard-issue deacon in the medieval pecking order, as you might have guessed, assisting at mass in similar but different roles. This office went away in the West with the abolition of the minor orders in Vatican II. After the sub-deacon the medieval and early modern seven stages of Holy Orders culminated with the familiar roles of Deacon- full on deacon this time- and then priest. Note that Bishop was not really considered a part of this progression in this model. Now, let's take a moment to chat through a couple other church roles largely or totally left to history while we're in the neighborhood. First, who can forget the fact that there's a whole Canterbury tale dedicated to the PARDONER. This wasn't someone who specialized in hearing confessions and absolving sins as you might expect after that episode we did on the newly elevated Cardinal Dri, the elderly Argintinian Capuchin with that focus. Instead, the focus of the Pardoner was on selling indulgences, those get-out-of-Purgatory-free cards that brought enough scandal to destroy the unity of western Christendom. And yes, I'm kind of acting like you already know about the Protestant Reformation in the same episode where I explain at a basic level what a priest is. Anyways, speaking of Protestants–or quasi-Protestants, or whatever you want to call them, perhaps just Anglicans– speaking of Anglicans, in many ways they're an even better time capsule for preserving some things lost to modern Catholicism than the East. Obviously not in all stripes of Anglicanism, as that wide tent contains a lot of innovations, but, well, on the traditionalist Anglo-Catholic end of the spectrum you can still find things like CANONS and PREBENDS. Canons with one N of course, the church kind, though of course the martial Pope Julius II was fond of two-N cannons as well. Anyways, even ruling out the military cannons I need to specify, as there are not one not two but three distinct meanings of a one-N canon in medieval Catholicism and actually in contemporary Catholicism as well, though the role of canon- by definition our focus on this episode on roles in the Catholic Church- the role is much less common than it once was. But first, the most common meaning of the term Canon in contemporary Catholicism is in the context of Canon law, because that's the term for way the Church governs itself and specific sections of the overall governing document are called canons. Similarly, church councils, that is, gatherings of church leaders, also tend to produce canons, especially the great ecumenical–that is, universal–councils of old that we'll start discussing when we get to the fourth century. So for example someone might cite the first canon of the Council of Nicea, where the Church of old ruled on the pressing question of how being castrated would or would not impact one's ability to serve as a priest. There's also something called the Canon of the Mass, and really the root word helps to understand the meaning of both this and the law slash council thing, because a canon in Latin is something like a fixed measuring stick. The fixed part of Mass is the section of prayers that are always the same, or at least that were always the same until our old friend Vatican II made other options available (again, as I understand it). Nowadays the Canon of the Mass, also called the Roman Canon, is additionally referred to as Eucharistic Prayer 1, implying the existence of Eucharistic Prayer 2, which isn't just a theoretical thing but a real life shorter form that liturgical traditionalists like myself tend to hate. There's also Eucharistic Prayers 3 and 4, which are less egregious, but still, stick with Eucharistic Prayer 1, aka the Roman Canon, if you would be so kind. The third kind of Canon is, at last, the role, and interestingly the etymology here is the same root as the others, giving the sense of something standardized or fixed in place. In this case, the standardization is because the "Canons" of a cathedral or other significant church were a group of priests who had decided to live communally and establish their spiritual and physical lives around a set of rules, you know, standardizing them. Canonizing their lives, if you will. They were basically members of a religious order, though not one centrally governed. Oh, and I suppose I should also note that the term canonization fits into this overall picture in a similar way: it's called canonization because what canonization does is standardize the cult of a particular saint across the universal church. Oh and stop saying cult like it's a bad thing, in this case that's just the word used. It's not a wink and a nod to kool-aid. Also, a canon in the sense of a cathedral canon or other role in a religious order is different from a canon*ist* or a canon lawyer, which is one who studies and explains or practices Church law, respectively. Clear as mud? Fair. Oh, and the PREBEND I mentioned, well, that's basically just a fancier kind of Cathedral canon. Let's move on though. The last historical Church role I want to talk about today is the KING. Or the EMPEROR. Or, you know, whoever the relevant feudal LORD would be. Because such secular leaders were nevertheless seen as having a critical role within the Church, with the civil government and the Church not then tending to have the separation we're used to these days. Really, nobility in general was a big deal for the church until the last century or so. Ok, so we've talked about the various forms of bishops and their territories, and about who you might see at Mass. What about those between? Well, one of the most important functions in Church organization is training up the next generation of leadership, and that training of new priests tends to take place at special institutes called SEMINARIES. You can basically think of seminaries as universities for future priests, and there's also a junior league of sorts for younger students that's basically a kind of boarding school called a MINOR SEMINARY. Those who study at seminaries are called SEMINARIANS, and those who teach there are nowadays generally titled PROFESSORS having the same basic sense as in the secular world but with Catholicism baked in. Kind of like this show verses a generic non-Popeular podcast. The head of a seminary is generally called a RECTOR, though I'm sure there's some variety in that. As you may know depending on what's common in your neck of the woods, rector can also have the same basic sense in secular institutes of higher learning as well, which makes sense when you take a look at the root word there: basically, "ruler". Etymology is our friend here, there, and everywhere. Outside of seminary education, there's also the topic of the general administrative structure of a given diocese. Obviously the bishop is on top, and as you probably already guessed the priests of the diocese typically have admin roles in addition to saying Mass. As an American Catholic, I'm mostly used to hearing the term PASTOR for a priest who's tasked with running a local church community called a PARISH, though I gather canonically the Anglican sounding term VICAR is more precise. You'll also hear the term PARISH PRIEST used in the same sense. A single parish may have more than one priest assigned to it by the diocesan powers that be. A secondary priest is called a PAROCHIAL VICAR in more official stuff but ASSOCIATE PASTOR is the term you'll hear in common parlance, at least in American use. You might also see someone described as a CURATE, which in modern use designates a priest who assists the principal Vicar or Pastor or Rector of whatever, but historically would refer to the pastor themselves, and yes, it's complicated. There are higher levels to consider as well, both administratively and in terms of honorary titles. For example, MONSIGNOR is a special honorary title given to seasoned priests at the discretion of the Pope. It's not really a role, since it's purely a title and has no special function, but I figured I'd include it here. There are three levels within being titled a Monsignor, first a "CHAPLAIN OF HIS HOLINESS", second an "HONORARY PRELATE", and finally a "PROTONOTARY APOSTOLIC". These sorts of honorifics are currently out of favor in Rome given Pope Francis' strong preference for simple aesthetics and not seeking honor and titles, but he's pushing against a very long tradition of honors and titles in Roman culture, long enough that it goes back to the Cursus Honorum of ancient Pagan Rome, and I expect with the back-and-forth way the Papacy and the Curia operate, we haven't seen the last of ecclesiastical honorifics. After a fat Pope, the saying goes, a skinny Pope. Oh, there's even a kind of honorific for church buildings that functions in kind of the same way as making a priest a Monsignor, namely the status of BASILICA, which is basically just a way for the powers that be to say "hey check out this church it's extra nifty". Of course, not all higher titles within a Diocese are honorifics, there are functional roles as well. The overall day-to-day admin of the diocese is typically not run by the Bishop personally but by an office called the CHANCERY run by a CHANCELLOR, another term you may have heard in higher education because there's historical overlap between higher education and the admin of the Catholic Church or, you know, medieval courts in general. VICE-CHANCELLORS are also a thing, being second in command, behind the Chancellor. If you want a little more insight into what a Diocesan Chancery does, my home Diocese of Columbus has a write-up on their website that explains it better than I would so allow me to just quote them: "The Chancery includes those offices and persons who directly assist the Bishop in the pastoral and administrative governance of the Diocese of Columbus. The Chancery, on behalf of the Bishop, expedites canonical matters; collects and preserves diocesan and parish records; assists parishes and priests with civil matters; maintains files on priests and parishes; collects statistical information for the Diocese; facilitates communications with other dioceses and the Vatican; provides information on the Church or directs inquirers to appropriate sources; facilitates pre-Marriage dispensations and permissions and transmits to other dioceses pre-marriage files; and oversees diocesan offices." The rough Papal equivalent to the diocesan Chancery is the Roman CURIA. In Rome, the Church bureaucracy is sprawling. It's no secret that bureaucracies tend to grow over time when left unchecked, and historically Rome was just about the last place to look for a check on a bureaucracy. Even the ancient pre-Christian Romans exalted bureaucracy, with their skills as administrators being credited as a major unifying force for the Empire. Of course, administrative skills and bureaucracy can almost be contradictory concepts– after all, getting things done requires moving beyond committee after committee. But ultimately the purpose of the Curia is to spread the faith handed down from the Apostles throughout the world, and with that emphasis on handing down, tradition is a huge part of things. When you combine an emphasis on tradition with a massive scale- there are well over a billion Catholics in the world today- and a global scope–well, the Curia is absolutely massive and, despite repeated efforts at overhauling things, it's complicated as well. It would be deeply ironic but not inaccurate to call it Byzantine, a term for “really really complicated” drawn from another institution derived from ancient Rome, though the Byzantine empire is no more and the papacy is more globalized than ever. Pope Francis has been toying with the formula more than any other Pope in recent history, time will tell if the changes stick. One of the most apparent changes Pope Francis has made to the Curia, certainly in the context of our rundown of specific terms, is rebranding the various PONTIFICAL COUNCILS and CONGREGATIONS to DICASTERIES. The practical effect of this is minor but it's helpful to recognize these terms as referring to high level Curial departments–often but not always headed by Cardinals, indeed Pope Francis has structured things so there is no longer any official bar to Dicasteries headed by, say, a woman, though that hasn't actually happened yet. In any event, the heads of Dicasteries or Congregations or Pontifical Councils or whatever you want to call them are called PREFECTS, with the second in command being listed as SECRETARIES, and then things like UNDERSECRETARIES appearing further down the chain of command but still fairly high on the overall curial org chart. The CARDINALS I mentioned there are a special role connected to the Diocese of Rome. As a group they are called the COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, in much the same way that the bishops throughout the world collectively make up the COLLEGE OF BISHOPS. Most famously, it is the eligible Cardinals under the age of 80 who pick the next pope in a closed voting contest called a CONCLAVE during a Papal Sede Vacante, in a period of “vacant see”, you know, “empty chair”. Meetings of Cardinals more broadly speaking are called CONSISTORIES, because yeah, pretty much everything has a special term here, that's why you're listening to this episode. The office of Cardinal has historical connections to the clergy of Rome but it is not by definition an ordained role, meaning there could conceivably be women as Cardinals in the future as I discussed in my September 28th episode this year. There are three fundamental orders of Cardinals, the names of which are rooted in the origins of the college but which are no longer tied to their respective levels of Holy Orders in any particular way as all modern Cardinals are at least priests and most are bishops. Nevertheless, Cardinals are Categorized as either CARDINAL-BISHOPS, the highest level, or CARDINAL-PRIESTS, in the middle, or CARDINAL DEACONS, the lowest category, though really if you're a Cardinal even at the lowest level you're still pretty high up in the Church's pecking order. Special roles within the College of Cardinals include the PROTOPRIEST and the PROTODEACON, the longest serving of those respective orders. Historically, it was the Protodeacon's job to crown the Pope, though Popes haven't opted for crowns in decades. It's also the job of the most senior cardinal deacon participating in the Conclave to announce the new Pope through what's called the HABEMUS PAPAM, Latin for "we have a Pope". A specific name for a specific speech. Speaking of Conclaves and Papal Sede Vacantes and such, the CAMERLENGO OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH is the one who runs the show when there's no Pope around, assisted, of course, by a VICE CAMERLENGO. And to give you an idea of *just* *how* *wonky* the Curia can be, though the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church is generally a Cardinal, he should not be confused with the CAMERLENGO OF THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, a role dedicated to administering the financial affairs of the Cardinals which has, mercifully, recently been allowed to lapse. So, yeah. There are a huge number of special roles and titles connected to the Curia. We'll be seeing them in action repeatedly as we go, but I don't want to get too hung up on them in this overview. Needless to say, Rome is a special case, full of special cases. Before we go, I do want to point out the NUNCIOS are effectively Papal Ambassadors, and the offices they head are called NUNCIATURES. A small step down the latter of diplomatic precedence there are PRO-NUNCIOS who have PRO-NUNCIATURES and who perhaps aspire to be full-on Nuncios one day–yes, oddly, in this case the "pro" prefix actually signifies as a *lower* rank. Finally, it would be just plain wrong of me to skip the fact that there is an important role called the LIBRARIAN OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like, and which was historically also known as the BIBLIOTHECARIUS. Don't worry, we'll be following them especially closely. Anyways, any more standard diocese, including Columbus, may not have something as deep and extensive as the Curia, but they still have their own complexities not only within but also beyond the walls of the Chancery, often being subdivided into units called DEANERIES, which are groups of parishes. These multi-parish groups are headed, as you might have guessed, by someone called a DEAN, though you might have also guessed that a more official and less intuitive name exists in canon law: a deanery can also be listed as a FORANE VICARIATE, headed by a VICAR FORANE. There are other roles that aren't geographically based but are still critical to the functioning of the diocese, such as NOTARIES, who are permitted to draw up official documents on behalf of the local Church, and CONSULTORS, who, well, are there for the bishop to consult with on specific topics where he may need their advice. Ok, we're getting there. Now, you might think you know what RELIGIOUS means, but in a Catholic context it has a narrower definition. Being *a* religious means you have taken RELIGIOUS VOWS, specifically THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience. Obedience, in this case, meaning obedience to a religious superior. Welcome to the world of RELIGIOUS ORDERS, which you might also know variously as RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES, INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE, SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE, or even CONGREGATIONS, depending on a variety of factors and generally distinguished at a deeper level than I want to get into today. A fair amount of the variety comes from the various religious orders having their own distinct rules, called, well, RULES, and particular focuses, called CHARISMS. They also traditionally have distinct uniforms, called HABITS. You can typically recognize members of different religious orders by their habits, for example white and black robes will most often be a Dominican, brown or sometimes gray will trend to signify a Franciscan of some sort, though there are a lot more religious orders than there are basic colors so brown is also the dominant color in the unrelated Carmelite order. Anyways, the most classic form of a religious order is a MONASTERY with the members of the order being known as MONKS in the case of males or NUNS in the case of females– and monasteries have always been segregated by gender though there were historically sometimes what was called DOUBLE MONASTERIES with male and female wings. Given everyone involved had taken a vow of chastity, such a separation was seen as a practical step. Now, you might be surprised to hear me mentioning nuns in the context of a monastery, rather a CONVENT, a similar institution, which in contemporary English is where you'd expect to find nuns, with monasteries being reserved for monks. But I want to give you some historical understanding as well, and historically the distinction between a convent and a monastery was not one of gender but of specific type. Monasteries tended to be more rural and therefore removed from worldly concerns but could be communities of either gender, while convents tended to be more urban and therefore a bit more integrated into secular society. But that historical sense has faded sufficiently in English that you'll get weird looks if you say there are nuns in a monastery or monks in a convent. You may be technically correct, which is indeed the best kind of correct, but just be aware that the non-gendered sense of the terms is now not as common as it once was. Either way, members of religious communities are generally called BROTHER or SISTER as the default form of address unless another title supersedes. The head of a monastery is typically called an ABBOT in the case of a male CONGREGATION or an ABBESS in the case of a female congregation- the congregation being the community itself. Second in command in the case of a larger community or perhaps in overall command of a smaller community that is itself subordinated to a mother house is a PRIOR or PRIORESS, the former for a male community and the latter for a female community. In terms of the overall building, if the person in charge is an Abbott or Abbess then it's an ABBEY, if it's run by a Prior or a Prioress it's called a PRIORY, though it's not unusual for folks to simply fall back on the simplified and gendered newer meanings of monastery and convent I described earlier. A generic term for those in charge of a religious community is a SUPERIOR, or perhaps MOTHER SUPERIOR, with the leadership of the overall global order being typically called a SUPERIOR GENERAL. There's also a middle range of governance called a PROVINCE, giving that word a similar meaning to what we saw on the Diocesan side of things. All of these communities vary in a number of ways. Some are more removed from worldly affairs, with few to no outside visiters, those communities are called CLOISTERED. These communities go back to the origins of Christian monasticism, where an individual would often feel inspired to withdraw from the world and live a life of severe ASCETICISM, that is, renouncing pleasure and embracing prayer and PENANCE-reparations for sins- in the hope of spiritual rewards. In the common narrative, folks would come out to such HERMITS, who might be called DESERT FATHERS or DESERT MOTHERS, and seek to follow their example, forming a community. The term for the individual ascetic who vows to follow the evangelical counsels is a hermit like I mentioned or you might also call them an ANCHORITE, and that form of monasticism is EREMITIC, from same root word as "hermit". Once you're talking about living in community, that particular form of monasticism is called CENOBITIC monasticism, combining the greek words for "common" and "life". Not all monasticism is that degree of renunciation of the world, though certainly that form was most established in the early Church. But over time other orders with various special charisms- special focuses- emerged, with the rise of the MENDICANT orders- those that essentially live by begging- occurring in the 13th century, with the Franciscans and the Dominicans being classic examples. Male mendicants are called FRIARS. In time there would also be MISSIONARY orders such as the Jesuits or the Salesians, as you might guess those being dedicated to spreading Christianity to areas where Christianity was a minority. Members of missionary orders are simply called brothers or sisters, leaving the monk and nun labels to those living in more traditional communities. In a number of cases the communally living religious orders have established affiliated entities designed to allow those who live outside their actual communal life to nevertheless observe some form of their rule and wear some form of their habit. These are called THIRD ORDERS, the first and second orders being by implication the monks and the nuns in their communities. Members of third orders are also called TERTIARIES. Historically similar to third orders were things like BEGUINES and their male equivalents, BEGHARDS, though those were as much defined by their lack of official status in the Church as anything else, which makes them an awkward addition to this episode. So I'll leave it at that. Anyways, with the permission of their superior- keep in mind obedience is one of the monastic vows–the others being poverty and chastity if you need a refresher–anyway with the permission of their superior male religious are able to receive ordination and become clergy. Religious who become priests are called RELIGIOUS PRIESTS, which is fair enough as a title but does have an amusing effect in that priests who are not members of a religious order are called SECULAR PRIESTS, a term that made me laugh when I first saw it and which still makes me chuckle from time to time. They can also be called DIOCESAN PRIESTS, but what's the fun in that? Believe it or not, this overview has left a lot out. Like, I never told you about how CATHOLICOS was originally a title for a bishop whose territory was more devoted to a region than a specific city, but that it evolved to be the highest title in the Church of the East. But that's in part because while I intend to cover all 23 SUI IURIS–that is, self governing– churches that make up the overall Catholic church, nevertheless the ROMAN or LATIN CHURCH is the dominant stream of Catholic history, making up over 98% of Catholics today. In case I haven't made it clear enough yet, let me emphasize again that this stuff does get complicated and you don't need to feel bad about not knowing it all offhand. I've thought about this stuff for hours daily and I don't meet that bar, this episode required research like every other. But I hope this guide helps bring some clarity and can serve as a useful reference as you go. If I didn't explain it here, and possibly even if I did, I promise I'll explain it when it comes up as we go. Thank you for listening, God bless you all!

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Tension and Change With Jason Connerley

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 64:18

This episode is the final one for this season, another of the extended conversations I've shared with gaming friends over recent weeks. It was largely unplanned as I hopped online to talk and discuss some key ideas with my guest. Jason Connerley is the voice behind the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast and a regular caller to several Anchorite shows, including this one. Jason started gaming around 1983 with the Dungeon! board game by David Megarry. His first RPGs were the Mentzer Red Box D&D Basic set and the original TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG. We've gamed a few times over the years and always seem to enjoy ourselves. At a time of experiencing some disconnection and change, I was grateful for Jason being willing to not only talk, but let me record what was also a personal conversation.Big thanks up front to Jason and I hope you'll find the conversation a useful one.Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376Cerebrevore: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cerebrevoreGame on!Roleplay Rescue Details:Voice Message:speakpipe.com/roleplayrescuePatreon:patreon.com/rpgrescue Email:hello@rpgrescue.comBlog:roleplayrescue.com Mastodon:https://ttrpg-hangout.social/@UbiquitousRatRoleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/Roleplay Rescue's Solo Tales:https://shows.acast.com/roleplay-rescues-solo-tales Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tension and Change With Jason Connerley

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 64:18

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Boys Gone Wild | Episode 184: The Anchorite

Boys Gone Wild

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 51:08

The boys are back to talk how fucked up 'Punch and Judy' is, the new nappy adverts using the term 'poonami' and the discovery of the medieval phenomenon of 'The Anchorite'

The Filmmaker, the Anchorite, and Their Collaboration Across Time

The Multicultural Middle Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 72:38

What can we learn from those who came before us? How does the art we make reflect and define who we are? And why is the medieval past just so interesting?In this conversation with the MMA's Logan Quigley, filmmaker Caroline Golum reflects on these questions and more as she discusses creating her most recent film, “Revelations of Divine Love,” which turns for strong inspiration to the narrative of the 15th-century anchorite Julian of Norwich. Logan and Caroline chat about the difficult and important choices surrounding scene design, narrative continuity, casting, and making stories from a past that often seems distant and strange feel relevant and meaningful to today's audiences.For more information about Caroline, this conversation, and to see stills from Revelations of Divine Love, visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/mmapodcast.

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Anchorite by Randall Garrett ~ Full Audiobook

Classic Audiobook Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 124:37

Anchorite by Randall Garrett audiobook. Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards paternalistic government into the future. Yes, we have attained a world government and everyone is equal whether they want to be or not; everyone is taken care of no matter how incompetent, stupid or sleazy they are and everyone is out to undermine everyone else. The author predicts (sadly only too well) what the trends of today will eventually produce if allowed to continue. But wait! there is hope in the asteroid belt where jerks and incompetents are weeded out by hard physical laws and only those who possess common sense and the ability to actually survive are allowed to govern. But will the Earth government allow this to continue? Of course not. Listen to this great story to have a peek into the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Saint Paul the Hermit (Feast Day - January 15th)

DW World History

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 4:46

Paul of Thebes commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit, who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes, in Roman Egypt, from the age of sixteen to the age of one hundred and thirteen years old. This Podcast series is available on all major platforms.See more resources, maps, and information at:https://www.dwworldhistory.comCheckout the video version at:https://www.youtube.com/DWWorldHistoryA PDF Publication is available for this episode at:https://www.patreon.com/DWWorldHistorySupport the show

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Ghost Story 06 | The Anchorite

Dangerous Times at Chillhaven High

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 47:07

The gang checks all the rest of Ordinary Falls' must-see sights off their to-do list You want more content from us. Also, you'd like to give us a little "treat." You should check out our patreon. Dangerous Times at Chillhaven High stars Bess Lawson, James Ketelaar, Maegan Stressman, and phillip stressman and is produced by phillip stressman. Original music by James Ketelaar. Additional sounds provided by zapsplat.com

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Julian of Norwich

One Hundred Words

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 1:30

With thanks to Kathy for the prompt of "Anchorite".

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AoW 98.1 Emperor's Holy Rage (GT) w/ Tim Bouta

Art of War - The Competitive 40k Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 40:35

Tim Bouta joins John and Tim to talk about his GT winning Sister's list!Argent Shroud BattalionCanoness, Blessed Blade, Litanies of Faith, The Emperor's GraceCelestine and Geminae Superia, Warlord: Indomitable Belief5x Battle Sisters, 1x Multimelta5x Battle Sisters, 1x Multimelta5x Battle Sisters, 1x MultimeltaDogmata, Refrain of Blazing Piety, Catechism of Repugnance,The Sigil Ecclesiasticus, War HymnDominion Squad, 4x Storm BoltersSeraphim Squad, 4x Hand FlamersRetributor Squad, 4x MM, 2x CherubsRhinoBloody Rose PatrolRepentia SuperiorCanoness [5 PL, 105pts]: Chainsword, Inferno pistol, Null Rod, Word of the Emperor5x Battle Sisters10x Sacresants, 9x Maces, 1x Spear of the Faithful9x Repentia6x Zephyrim, Pennant3x Mortifiers, Heavy Bolters, Flails, Anchorite upgrade3x Mortifiers, Heavy Bolters, Flails, Anchorite upgradeRhino1998 pts, 9cp

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April 11 (24) Saints of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 40:17

Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum and Disciple of Saint John the Theologian ................ 103 Venerable James, Abbot of Zheleznoborov ................................................................................ 104 Saint Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver ............................................................................................ 106 Martyrs Processus and Martinian of Rome .................................................................................. 107 Venerable Pharmuthius the Anchorite of Egypt ........................................................................... 108 Venerable John, disciple of Venerable Gregory of Decapolis ....................................................... 108 Saint Callinicus of Cernica, Bishop of Rimnicului in Romania ...................................................... 109 Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev .................................. 121 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-orthodox/message

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April 5 (18) Saints of the Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 16:58

Martyrs Agathopodes the Deacon, Theodulus the Reader, and those with them, at Thessalonica ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 Venerable Publius of Egypt ............................................................................................................ 57 Saint Theonas of Egypt ................................................................................................................. 58 Saint Simeon of Egypt .................................................................................................................. 59 Saint Phorbinus of Egypt .............................................................................................................. 59 Venerable Mark the Anchorite of Athens ....................................................................................... 59 Saint Plato the Confessor of Studion ............................................................................................ 61 Venerable Theodora of Thessalonica ............................................................................................ 63 Translation of the relics of Saint Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ..................................... 64 Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov ........................................................................................ 65 Martyr Claudius ........................................................................................................................... 66 Martyr Evpomoni ......................................................................................................................... 67 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-orthodox/message

March 29 (April 11) Saints of the Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 17:06

Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, who suffered under Julian the Apostate .................................. 219 Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, and those with him, who suffered under Julian the Apostate .... 221 Venerable John the Anchorite of Egypt .................................................................................................... 221 Saint Eustathius (Eustace) the Confessor, Bishop of Bithynia .................................................................. 223 Venerable Mark, Jonah, and Bassa of the Pskov Caves ........................................................................... 223 Saint Niketas of the Roslavl Forests .......................................................................................................... 225 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-orthodox/message

March 27 (Apr 9) Saints of the Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 11:26

Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica ............................................................................................................. 205 Martyrs Manuel and Theodosius ............................................................................................................ 207 Venerable John the Clairvoyant, Anchorite, of Egypt .............................................................................. 207 Icon of the Mother of God of Mount Athos, “Sweet Kissing” ................................................................... 208 Icon of the Mother of God “of the Akathist” ............................................................................................ 210 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-orthodox/message

March 26 (Apr 8) Saints of the Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 16:16

Leavetaking of the Annunciation .............................................................................................................. 198 Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel ............................................................................................................. 199 Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium ................................................................................................. 200 26 Martyrs in the Crimea ......................................................................................................................... 201 Saint Malchus of Chalcis, Syria ................................................................................................................ 202 Venerable Basil the New, Anchorite, Near Constantinople ........................................................................ 202 Martyr Montanus the Presbyter of Singidunum, and his wife Maxima ........................................................ 203 New Martyr George of Sofia .................................................................................................................... 204 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/an-orthodox/message

The Red Book: Becoming Belongs to the Heights and is Full of Torments

The Abracast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 73:11

We continue with Liber Secundus of The Red Book. We talk about One of the Lowly and The Anchorite. This one has everything! #fakenews, a guy on a heroes journey with one eye! And a know it-all hermit that lives in the desert! Featured Book: Liber Novus: The Red Book of C.G. Jung***Free Additional Content*** Sign up for the Mailing List: https://abracast.com/newsletterPlaylist: The Abracast Spotify Playlist***Credits***The voice of The Abracast – Hila Assor https://hilaassor.com/Theme Song “Red Horse Rising” by X-Proph3t: http://www.reverbnation.com/xproph3tWritten / Produced / researched / Performed – Jon Towers www.abracast.com***Contact***Visit Website: www.abracast.comEmail Jon: Towers113@gmail.com Find Jon On Instagram: http://instagram.com/stigmatastudios***Storefront*** If you enjoy the show, learned something new, or was inspired you might consider supporting the show! https://abracast.com/store-front***Support*** If you enjoy the show, learned something new, or was inspired you might consider supporting the show!Become a subscriber: www.subscribestar.com/abracastJust wanna buy me a drink?: paypal.me/stigmatastudios ***Advertise*** Got a book, Product or Podcast? Would you would like to get your message to The Abracast audience?Advertise on The Abracast: https://www.advertisecast.com/TheAbracastAdvertise on The Abracast: https://intellifluence.com/influencer/jon-towers-61030

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Episode 123: The Anchorite Four

Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 122:32

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Patrick Norris and Mike C. of The Anchorite Four to ask, suss and answer a general knowledge quiz with topics including World History, International Trade, Music, U.S. History, Novelty Toys, Short-wave Radio, Automobiles, Art History, Poetry, State Mottos and more! Round One INTERNATIONAL TRADE - International trade lawyers for what company found a provision in a book of federal tariff classifications and argued that their client sold toys (and not dolls, as a doll can only represent a human being) effectively cutting their import taxes in half? INTERNATIONAL TRADE - What Yemini port city was the center of the coffee trade from the 15th-18th century, and shares its name with a coffee bean known for its chocolate flavor? MUSIC - Which band (whose peers include Joy Division, The Smiths, and The Buzzcocks) started in 1976 near Greater Manchester, England, had 48 Live albums, 31 studio albums, and 48 compilation albums, and featured only one constant member, who was their singer until his death on January 24th, 2018? THE SUPREME COURT - There have been as few as five Supreme Court justices; what is the greatest number of Supreme Court justices there has ever been in the U.S.? CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - In what country was Cirque du Soleil founded? Round Two NOVELTY TOYS - In 2003, novelty toy company Archie McPhee began selling an action figure modeled after Seattle's Nancy Pearl, known for her "rule of 50" and for holding what job (for which the action figure was titled)? SCALES - The five stages of the Tanner Scale are used to define what? URBAN PROBLEMS - A fatberg, a congealed mass of fatty objects that causes huge problems in aging cities, can be found where? SHORT WAVE RADIO - Unidentified radio broadcasts on AM and MW short-wave radio bands containing a mechanical sounding voice (male or female) or a series of voices going on for hours on end, sometimes accompanied by music, tones or other sound effects, are called what? 60’S ROCK MUSIC - What singer found The Doors frontman Jim “The Lizard King” Morrison so obnoxious that they broke a bottle of Southern Comfort over his head on two separate occasions? ANIMALS - What water animal has the biggest penis size in comparison to its body? Rate My Question WORLD HISTORY - The Enola Gay is the name of first aircraft to do what? – Submitted by Alex P. AUTOMOBILES - The Spirit of Ecstasy is the name of the hood ornament placed on the front of every car of what car company? – Submitted by Alex P. BUSINESS - HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game company responsible for the Kirby franchise, has its name inspired by what international business corporation? – Submitted by Patty Final Questions ART HISTORY - The Fountain, a landmark ready-made art scultpre that debuted in 1917 that consisted of a urinal, was created by which artist? U.S. CITIES - What U.S. claimed to "cure" chronic homelessness in 2016 claiming that reduced homelessness by 90% through a housing-first program? POETRY - Walt Whitman, wrote the poem, this dust was once a man about which U.S. President? STATE MOTTOS - Which U.S. state motto is "friendship", inspired by the state name which itself means "friends" or "allies" in the Caddo Indian language? Upcoming LIVE Know Nonsense Trivia Challenges November 11th, 2020 - Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge - Point Ybel Brewing Co. - 7:30 pm EDT November 12th, 2020 - Know Nonsense Virtual Pub Trivia - Live on Twitch 8pm EDT You can find out more information about that and all of our live events online at KnowNonsenseTrivia.com All of the Know Nonsense events are free to play and you can win prizes after every round. Thank you Thanks to our supporters on Patreon. Thank you, Quizdaddies – Dylan, Tommy (The Electric Mud) and Tim (Pat's Garden Service) Thank you, Team Captains – Shaun, Lydia, Gil, David, Rachael, Aaron, Kristen & Fletcher Thank you, Proverbial Lightkeepers – Lisa, Alex, Jenny, Logan, Spencer, Kaitlynn, Manu, Mo, Matthew, Luc, Hank, Justin, Cooper, Elyse, Sarah, Karly, Kristopher, Josh, Lucas and Max Thank you, Rumplesnailtskins – Kevin and Sara, Tiffany, Allison, Paige, We Do Stuff, Mike S. ,Kenya, Jeff, Eric, Steven, Efren, Mike J., Mike C. If you'd like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content, please visit http://theknowno.com and click "Support." Special Guests: Mike and Patrick Norris.

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2020 (Talking to Children About Death) - Fr. Andriy Chirovsky

Royal Doors Homilies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 33:43

October 4, 2020 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 1; The Holy Priest-Martyr Hierotheus, Bishop of Athens; Ammon the Anchorite (350); Vladimir, Prince of Novgorod and his mother, Anne (1051); our Venerable Father Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) 2 Corinthians 9:6-11; Luke 5:1-11

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317 Into the Pit - I've got a big one for you!

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 43:28

I've got a big one for you! A great bunch of call ins from the Anchorite community. Good job folks, hope you enjoy.

The Anchorite, Paganism, and Living One's Myth - Ep. 12

Carl Jung's Red Book + Astrology

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 66:42

Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris explore Jungian Psychology and what it means to live one's myth, one's animal life, and follow one's own calling. Satya and Carol discuss introverted life and action versus extroverted life as Jung speaks with a monk he encounters living alone in the desert for ten years. Additional topics include the difference between science and soul, the greening of the desert, and the image of the inverted tree. Chapters: "The Anchorite" & "Dies II" Astrological Charts: Jung, Red Book Death, Remains of Temples Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: Quarterlife.org Recorded on June 7, 2020

George Floyd, Baldwin, Jung & Black Lives Matter - Ep 11

Carl Jung's Red Book + Astrology

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 55:13

Hosts Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris step away from the chronology of The Red Book to discuss the grief and rage surrounding George Floyd's death and police brutality. In solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the nightly protests in Minneapolis at the time, Satya explores the projection of white people onto Black citizens through James Baldwin’s Letter from a Region in My Mind and Jung’s The Undiscovered Self. Carol explores Venus retrograde and the alchemy of hard-won love. Chapters: No chapter today -- Black Lives Matter Letter from a Region in My Mind, James Baldwin Letter to a Young Activist, Satya Doyle Byock Astrological Charts: Jung, Anchorite, Dies II Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: Quarterlife.org Recorded on May 31, 2020

612 Talking Numenera with Dave Aldridge

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 49:54

This episode we are joined by my good Anchorite friend and fellow podcaster, Dave Aldridge of the dpercentile podcast. This episode claims a few firsts on Roleplay Rescue, being the first interview recorded using Zoom and also the first interview which is being shared in two parts. The focus of this first part is upon Dave's experiences with Numenera and why he considers it a great game from which to learn a more freeform style of play. The second part, in which we discuss what Numenera has taught him as a GM, will be released on Dave's own podcast, dpercentile. It is in the spirit of collaboration that we bring you this conversation that I think we both enjoyed sharing. Many thanks to Dave for agreeing to do this with me!dpercentile on Anchor.fm: anchor.fm/dave-aldridgedpercentile on Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dpercentile/id1465464879Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJDContact Details:Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/messageEmail: hello@rpgrescue.comPatreon: patreon.com/rpgrescueBlog: roleplayrescue.comMeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Twitter: @ubiquitousrat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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612 Talking Numenera with Dave Aldridge

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 49:54

This episode we are joined by my good Anchorite friend and fellow podcaster, Dave Aldridge of the dpercentile podcast. This episode claims a few firsts on Roleplay Rescue, being the first interview recorded using Zoom and also the first interview which is being shared in two parts. The focus of this first part is upon Dave's experiences with Numenera and why he considers it a great game from which to learn a more freeform style of play. The second part, in which we discuss what Numenera has taught him as a GM, will be released on Dave's own podcast, dpercentile. It is in the spirit of collaboration that we bring you this conversation that I think we both enjoyed sharing. Many thanks to Dave for agreeing to do this with me! dpercentile on Anchor.fm: anchor.fm/dave-aldridge dpercentile on Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dpercentile/id1465464879 Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD Contact Details: Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/message Email: hello@rpgrescue.com Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue Blog: roleplayrescue.com MeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Twitter: @ubiquitousrat

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Phil Stiles The Anchorite is the debut solo EP

Setting The Tone

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 6:25

Phil Stiles The Anchorite is the debut solo EP review

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Solitude & Social Distancing

The Human Context

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 32:53

On the meaning and history of solitude, and how thinkers from the past 2500 years weigh in on the Coronavirus quarantine with Drs. Melissa Lane and Adam Graves. Further Reading (direct links at anchor.fm/dphi): Sikkim, Sannyasins, Sadhu, Athanasius, St. Augustine, Montaigne, Plato, Aristotle, Desert Fathers, Desert Mothers, Phaedrus, Transcendentalism, Romanticism, Praktikos, Nicomachean Ethics, Epicurus, Machiavelli, Emerson, Thoreau, Rousseau, John Cassian, Anchorite, Episode Image Thanks to Kelsey Percival, Hannah Warner, and Gabriel Grinsteiner. To learn about D-phi and joining our live events, visit dphi.org

Answering the OSR Question

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 24:55

This episode is a bonus call-in show focused around the competition I ran in response to the call in from Daniel that we hear at the top of the show. I've had a nice bundle of answers from the Anchorite podcasting community and we've even managed to get Daniel to listen to them and judge the winner. On top of that, I wanted to drop in one or two message I've received in recent weeks - although there are far more to share than I have time for today. Thanks to Daniel for the question and being the Judge. Thanks to the competition callers: Jason, Menion, Spencer, Vance, and John. Thanks also to the bonus callers: Jason, Andy G, Joe, and Derek - without all of you guys this episode would never have happened. Game on!Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJDContact Details:Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/messageEmail: hello@rpgrescue.comPatreon: patreon.com/rpgrescueBlog: roleplayrescue.comMeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Twitter: @ubiquitousrat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Answering the OSR Question

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 24:55

This episode is a bonus call-in show focused around the competition I ran in response to the call in from Daniel that we hear at the top of the show. I've had a nice bundle of answers from the Anchorite podcasting community and we've even managed to get Daniel to listen to them and judge the winner. On top of that, I wanted to drop in one or two message I've received in recent weeks - although there are far more to share than I have time for today. Thanks to Daniel for the question and being the Judge. Thanks to the competition callers: Jason, Menion, Spencer, Vance, and John. Thanks also to the bonus callers: Jason, Andy G, Joe, and Derek - without all of you guys this episode would never have happened. Game on! Roleplay Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD Contact Details: Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/message Email: hello@rpgrescue.com Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue Blog: roleplayrescue.com MeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Twitter: @ubiquitousrat

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515 Using RPGs In Education With Dave Aldridge

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 76:45

This one's a rather fabulous chat I had with fellow Anchorite podcaster, Dave Aldridge about the issues around using RPGs in education. He's a lecturer at a prestigious British university and I'm a classroom teacher in a mainstream UK high school. It seems Dave has some misgivings about using RPGs in the educational setting which led me to engage him in a deeper conversation about those issues. It's a deep, philosophical, and ever-so-slightly technical chat and I sincerely hope we managed to maintain an accessible level of educational jargon. I hope you find it useful.Thanks must go to the fantastic call-ins from Cory, Rui, and Andy G that lead the show - skip to about 10 minutes in if you want to avoid those.Especial thanks to Frank T for editing this interview and saving me the embarrassment of not having an episode this week. Thank you!Frank T's Patreon: patreon.com/FrankTRescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJDContact Details:Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/messageEmail: hello@rpgrescue.comPatreon: patreon.com/rpgrescueMeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Twitter: @ubiquitousrat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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515 Using RPGs In Education With Dave Aldridge

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 76:46

This one's a rather fabulous chat I had with fellow Anchorite podcaster, Dave Aldridge about the issues around using RPGs in education. He's a lecturer at a prestigious British university and I'm a classroom teacher in a mainstream UK high school. It seems Dave has some misgivings about using RPGs in the educational setting which led me to engage him in a deeper conversation about those issues. It's a deep, philosophical, and ever-so-slightly technical chat and I sincerely hope we managed to maintain an accessible level of educational jargon. I hope you find it useful. Thanks must go to the fantastic call-ins from Cory, Rui, and Andy G that lead the show - skip to about 10 minutes in if you want to avoid those. Especial thanks to Frank T for editing this interview and saving me the embarrassment of not having an episode this week. Thank you! Frank T's Patreon: patreon.com/FrankT Rescue Theme Song and incidental music by TJ Drennon: patreon.com/TJD Contact Details: Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/message Email: hello@rpgrescue.com Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue MeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Twitter: @ubiquitousrat

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S4E9The End is the Beginning

Hindsightless

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 20:13

Wherein I discuss the world builder's curse and ramble about the beginning of the end. Or is the end of the beginning? Hell, I don't know! I also have a few super rad call in's from the Anchorite crew. Leave me a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Medieval Demographics Made Easy: https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1389/68/1389684960897.pdf?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=402cda1a4306a202b555d9eaeb0e4748f078d950-1580342127-0-AX8l3MS_IEjR0ZEf5Kw5GnIeBaQvGiLI86oHPCGCGfPNkUB4D1hgBziemEChJzXMYaIzwrq-EV_F7pB0H_-W5eYDmPZ_BnczsiYpZT4sd8-kHuPaA49iWpKu9kKjeK4PmgwAryyajHIrMSIYUPRuA3i0jhK535mfBs5BGEPMbtB2ssDXV1S2_S-JjG6_AESfPTRFuZg2QJvpi4xMy8MKZneSTVFDtD_jbNMQ53xXDUo117gjQ92lU6db_zM-KSX0NVgfn2AsGOfaz0iipVasBt0D_Fh5AiYxDeGJRlauis31rpjBzKeHOv-WZHyeV9Va_6wt54lapktReyQJQY7HLSs5AqG5zrQRFp_04TzfHtHq Che Webster (Roleplay Rescue) Jason (Nerd's RPG Retro Cast) Shady Andy (Unguarded Treasures) Josh (JB Publishing)

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S4E6 Paranoia RPG Help

Hindsightless

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 10:43

Wherein I put out a plea for help to the Anchorite community and beyond on running a game of Paranoia. If you have insights, PLEASE let me know. I would love to hear from you! Also featuring call in's from Jason and Spencer.

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Anchorite Challenge

Gothridge Manor

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 7:28

With the talk of back catalog of episodes I thought it would be interesting to go back and grab episodes from a year ago and to a show about one or more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support

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Emergent Complexity

Keep off the Borderlands

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 17:14

A couple of call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin "Spikepit" Green. After listening to Tom Barbalet's My Rules Are Better, I contemplate how the Anchorite community might look to the uninitiated which lead to some thoughts regarding the richness of The Black Hack 2E thanks to some very simple concepts. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

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504 Talking With Jason Connerley

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2019 58:57

Jason Connerley is the voice behind the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast and a regular caller to several Anchorite shows, including this one. Jason started gaming around 1983 with the "Dungeon!" board game by David Megarry. His first RPGs were the Mentzer Red Box D&D Basic set and the original TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG. Hailing from Virginia, USA, he's a family man and, judging from the background noise during his call-ins, the owner of some awesome dogs who are almost as famous as he is. He's one of the most self-effacing voices in the pod-o-sphere and I am delighted to be able to have a chat with him today.Rescue Theme Song and all incidental music by TJ Drennan: patreon.com/TJDNerd's RPG Variety Cast: anchor.fm/jason376The Angry GM, Eight Kinds of Fun: theangrygm.com/gaming-for-fun-part-1-eight-kinds-of-funMDA Game Theory: cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdfContact Details:Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/messageEmail: hello@rpgrescue.comPatreon: patreon.com/rpgrescueMeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue")Twitter: @ubiquitousrat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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504 Talking With Jason Connerley

ABorderPrince Warhammer Lore and History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2019 58:57

Jason Connerley is the voice behind the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast and a regular caller to several Anchorite shows, including this one. Jason started gaming around 1983 with the "Dungeon!" board game by David Megarry. His first RPGs were the Mentzer Red Box D&D Basic set and the original TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG. Hailing from Virginia, USA, he's a family man and, judging from the background noise during his call-ins, the owner of some awesome dogs who are almost as famous as he is. He's one of the most self-effacing voices in the pod-o-sphere and I am delighted to be able to have a chat with him today. Rescue Theme Song and all incidental music by TJ Drennan: patreon.com/TJD Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: anchor.fm/jason376 The Angry GM, Eight Kinds of Fun: theangrygm.com/gaming-for-fun-part-1-eight-kinds-of-fun MDA Game Theory: cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf Contact Details: Voice Message: anchor.fm/rpgrescue/message Email: hello@rpgrescue.com Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue MeWe Group: mewe.com/join/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue (or search "Roleplay Rescue") Twitter: @ubiquitousrat

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Warhammer 40K Novel Spoiler Review: Apocalypse by Josh Reynolds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 36:35

Excellent and infomation full! novel from Josh Reynolds. Gives us the Anchorite, Word Bears Legion, Primaris Space Marine and Ecclashiarchy Lore. Worth it. plus its Josh so jokes a plenty and really good characters. Get the audiobook with a free trial of Audible: https://tinyurl.com/yc7uemq4 Or pick it up here: https://tinyurl.com/y6c9h9zu If you would like to support the channel become a member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-zxjO6L6FpypwA2iyQ4pg/join or see the links below. Thanks! Emperor Protects! -----------------------Affiliate links-----------------------------

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#Warhammer #40k Lore: The Anchorite

ABorderPrince Warhammer Lore and History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 17:41

Schism is coming to the Imperium and the Word Bearers the Anchorite is at core of the Imperial Cult of the God Emperor of Mankind. Lorgar Aurelians zeal lives on If you would like to support the channel become a member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-zxjO6L6FpypwA2iyQ4pg/join or see the links below. Thanks! Emperor Protects! -----------------------Affiliate links-----------------------------

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205 Into the Pit - Managing Pre Game Anxiety

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 16:51

Following request from Mark Wallring (Yawning Owlbear) we talk about Anchorite anxiety, specifically managing pre game anxiety. Thanks for the called in contributions from, Jeff Collyer (Tome of all Dooms), Frank Turfler (Frank T's Liner Notes) Josh Beckleheimer (JB Publishing), Joe Richter (Hindsightless), and Ray Otus(Plundergrounds), Theme Music performed by TJ Drennon inspired by Logan"Swordbreaker"Howard's original "Crazy Spikepit Theme". Remix by Colin Green using Sound effects from Freesound.org, BTalbot "Wolf Howl", InspectorJ "Thunder Very Close Rain", TunaBizz "Buzz Load and Clear". If you have any questions comments or concerns regarding this episode, or you would like to discuss supporting the show through sponsorship, please contact me, Colin Green, spikepitpodcast@gmail.com. You could also support my show by joining the rest of the Pit Crew at https://www.patreon.com/spikepit, or by spreading word through your social media. #spikepitpodcast

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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2019 - Fr. Andriy Chirovsky

Royal Doors Homilies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 27:56

September 29, 2019 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Octoechos Tone 7; Our Venerable Father Cyriacus the Anchorite (c. 448-556) 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Matthew 25:14-30

The Anchorites Respond!

Down in a Heap

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2019 23:56

Lots of calls about podcasts and the potential of Anchorite collaboration.

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RPGaDAY 2019 August 12th "Friendship"

Keep off the Borderlands

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 8:40

#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren. I talk about the wonderful Anchorite community (eventually). Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

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149 New Voices

Messages from the Other Side

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 16:01

RFED and a UK Games Expo reminder. First time callers James Done, Dave Aldridge and Three Thrall. Anchorite new wave. Please enjoy

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Saved by an Angel: Saint Anthony

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 27:25

While on the verge of death, my younger son was visited and saved by Saint Anthony. Saint Anthony was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets of his own: Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Antony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the Father of All Monks. He is often erroneously considered the first Christian monk, but as his biography and other sources make clear, there were many ascetics before him. Anthony was, however, the first to go into the wilderness (about ad 270), which seems to have contributed to his renown. Accounts of Anthony enduring supernatural temptation during his sojourn in the Eastern Desert of Egypt inspired the often-repeated subject of the temptation of St. Anthony in Western art and literature. Anthony is appealed to against infectious diseases, particularly skin diseases. In the past, many such afflictions, including ergotism, erysipelas, and shingles, were referred to as St. Anthony's fire. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simone-salmon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/simone-salmon/support

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A Podcast Listing All The OSR Anchorite Podcasts I Know Of: Tell Me What I'm Missing!

Joethelawyer's Not-So-Wondrous Imaginings

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 8:11

I run down a list of the ones I know. Tell me ones that are not on my list and I'll share those with everyone in a few days. It's hard to get a comprehensive list, and I hear of new ones only when someone leaves a voicemail it seems, or randomly if they leave a link to it somewhere. This was at least as of a certain point in time, we have what may be considered a pretty comprehensive list of all of them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe892/support

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099 Anchorite Feedback

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 14:48

Fellow podcasters kindly call in and add to the ongoing discussion, historical references, 'Spikepit and Son', regrets and memories, playacting and 'episode 100'. We hear from fellow podcasters, Ray Otus, Matt Jackson, Aron C, Jason Hobbs, and Che Webster.

086 An Anchorite Amalgam

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 21:25

I catch up with responses to some great call ins, talk about online games I'm involved in and my ideas for safe zones in open table games.

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A Big Anchor Meetup...in Person!!

Share with Cherise

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2018 3:32

It’s so awesome when you meet a fellow Anchorite in person!

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Episode 4 - Mass Combat

Sword Breaker

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 11:58

In this episode I introduce Brian Holland's newest Session Zero zine Halo, Fang and Horn and offer up some ideas for adding spice to your battlefields. Ray Otus treats us to some Plundergrounds zine goodness and I get the call from Colin Green that means I've made it as an Anchorite! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sword-breaker/support

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026 OSR Anchorite Tribute

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 25:38

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64 Addressing Evil

Kingdom of the Logos

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 53:28

(2:10) A crow is employed by a theme park in France (5:30) Holy water poisoned at Notre Dame, causing tingling faces. (7:06)Conversation on combating evil (14:51) Holy League of Nations Crowns Christ King (19:10) Athanasius the Anchorite (20:00) Saint Sebastian: an overview of the 3rd Century Saint and Martyr, who worked underground in the Roman military to help persecuted Christians. (22:55) Conversation on St Sebastian (26:35) Devotional on the Morals of Evil, from Mark 1:21, where Jesus exorcises a man possessed by a unclean spirit/demon (31:20) Sketch Comedy - Monks stealing relics of Saint Foy (32:15) "Is believing the same as having faith?" an answer to a listener's question (35:55) Hot, Not, or Sanctified - Crowning Christ King in Modern Society (45:08) Hot, Not, or Sanctified - Gargoyles Article Links: https://news.sky.com/story/french-theme-park-uses-crows-to-pick-up-litter-and-cigarettes-11469984 https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/holy-league-of-nations-uniting-catholics-worldwide-through-the-rosary https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7001126/notre-dame-poison-holy-water-church/ donate at patreon.com.kingdomofthelogos

The Anchorite Wakes by R.S.A. Garcia (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 37:02

This episode features "The Anchorite Wakes" written by R.S.A. Garcia. Published in the August 2018 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_08_18 Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

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The Anchorite Wakes by R.S.A. Garcia (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 37:02

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S1 | Ep 3 - Ahi Karunaharan

Going Off Script

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018 69:12

This week we chat to Ahi Karunaharan about all things theatre! Born in UK, Bred in Aotearoa, Ahi Karunaharan has worked in the arts sector for various shows, venues, production companies and festivals both nationally and internationally since graduating from Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari, New Zealand School of Drama as an actor, writer, director and producer. Ahi writing credit for stage and radio include The Mourning After, Anchorite, Light V’s Dark – The Adventures of Rama and Swabhoomi – Borrowed Earth. Directing highlights include ‘A Fine Balance for Prayas Theatre, The Interactive Outdoor Extravaganza ‘Bollywood Blockbuster’, ‘Shoulda Woulda Coulda’ for Auckland Theatre Company and The Immersive participatory experience ‘Samaroh- The Great Indian Carnival’ for the Auckland Arts Festival. Ahi has worked with the Internationally acclaimed Theatre Company Tara Arts and collaborated and performed with various artists across the globe from Germany, Australia, Norway, Canada, India and Malaysia. Ahi was also an associate producer for Tawata Productions working on numerus award winning productions and travelled with the company for planet IndigenoUS Festival at Toronto. The founder of Agaram Productions, which curated and produced the first ever South Asian Writers Festival here in Aotearoa, Agaram continues to be the one of the leading South Asian Development Theatre companies producing new works with a South Asian focus and ongoing artist mentoring, development and leadership opportunities for those within the Arts sector. Ahi is also the Artistic Curator for Short and Sweet Festival and freelances as a Dramaturg, tutor, musician and and currently works for Basement Theatre in the Programming Department. Recorded and Edited - Matt Eller Theme Music - Ricky Simmonds

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Random Screed

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 10:19

I talk about other channels I listen to and give a short status report of Mr Hobbs Gamerhood --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs/support

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Subiaco Abbey, Arkansas

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2017 8:43

In this Monastic Retreats podcast, we will be exploring Subiaco Abbey, which is a Benedictine monastery in Arkansas. To learn more, visit: http://www.MonasticRetreats.com To see photos of Subiaco Abbey, visit: https://www.instagram.com/happinesspodcast/

Episode35 - S0213 - Victims

Law and Order: Special Viewing Unit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 105:43

On this weeks episode Matt and Aviv view and review season 2 episode 14 - victims! Aviv drags his feet on the intro and stumbles over his words while threatening to take over the podcast. Aviv mentions that he can't hear or think about the color orange without thinking about Donald Trump. The guys tease a special hot take election special! Aviv predicts a presidential victory for president Bartlett from the West Wing this November, Matt predicts that a giant meteor will win the election with a running mate of Paul Ryan. The guys speculate on Paul Ryan's music preferences, and Matt recounts his one encounter with the Speaker of the House. Aviv gives the Speaker some absolutely horrible career advice in a really weird turn and the guys come up with a buddy movie/show with Ryan Locte and Paul Ryan. Aviv gives a plug for his movie The Anchorite (now available on amazon and iTunes, go check it out). All this and much more! Rate and review us on iTunes, tweet at us @SVUPodcast or send us an email specialviewingunit@gmail.com

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The Nun’s Story

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2015 14:58

Dr. Robert Puff does a review of the 1959 movie entitled “The Nun’s Story,” starting Audrey Hepburn. To learn more about Monastic Retreats, visit: http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

The Hermitage in Big Sur (New Camaldoli Hermitage)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2015 8:10

Dr. Robert Puff give an overview of The Hermitage in Big Sur (New Camaldoli Hermitage) for those who are interested in learning more about or visiting this beautiful monastery. To learn more, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

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The Hidden Almanac for 2015-04-01

The Hidden Almanac

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2015

It is the Feast Day of Fools. You have been warned. It is also the Emergence of Maria the Anchorite, and in the garden, there are annuals. Be Safe, and Stay Out of Trouble.

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 10:42

Explore the meaning and importance of making time for silence with the Divine. To learn more about monastic retreats we can visit around the world, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Cultivating Monastic Habits

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2015 16:43

We are creates of habit, and when we pay attention to our habits, we can cultivate some spiritual habits like monks and nuns practice in monasteries around the world. If you would like to learn more about Monastic Retreats, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Making Our Homes More Monastic

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2015 19:44

Though we may not be able to go on monastic retreats all the time, we can transform our homes into more holy and sacred places, by what we learn from our monastic retreats. To learn more, visit: http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Monastery of Christ in the Desert

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2015 12:25

In this podcast, Dr. Robert Puff gives an overview of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert for those looking for a retreat.

Brother Andre – Monk at Monastery of Christ in the Desert

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2015 18:13

Brother Andre, who is currently a monk at Monastery of Christ in the Desert, shares his story of why he has chosen to live the life of a monk and what a monk’s life is like. If you would like to learn more, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Monastery Retreats – Private vs. Lead Retreats

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2014 14:32

In Monastic Retreats Podcasts, Dr. Robert Puff explores the differences between going on private retreats vs. lead retreats. If you would like to learn more about Monastic Retreats, visit: http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

St. Anthony of Eygpt – The Father of Christian Monasticism

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 23:26

In this episode of “Monastic Retreats Podcast”, Dr. Robert Puff explores the life of St. Anthony of Eygpt, considered by many as the Father of Christian Monasticism. To learn more, visit http://www.monasticretreats.com

Monastic Retreats – Steeping Ourselves in Holiness

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2014 18:21

In this Monastic Retreats podcast, Dr. Robert Puff explores the importance of surrounding ourselves in holiness and love, like we find on monastic retreats, so that our lives can be more holy and loving. To learn more, go to http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Katherin Collis (part 1) – Director of the Center for Spiritual Renewal

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2014 18:39

Dr. Robert Puff interviews Katherine Collis, the Director of the Center for Spiritual Renewal at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, California. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. To learn more about Monastic Retreats, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Katherin Collis (part 2) – Director of the Center for Spiritual Renewal

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2014 17:57

Dr. Robert Puff interviews Katherine Collis, the Director of the Center for Spiritual Renewal at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, California. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview. To learn more about Monastic Retreats, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Sister Joann Conners – Sisters of the Immaculate Heart

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2014 30:58

Dr. Robert Puff interviews Sister Joann Conners of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart. She works at The Immaculate Heart Center for Spiritual Renewal in Santa Barbara, California, where we can have retreats. To learn more about about this retreat center, visit: http://immaculateheartcenter.org For other podcasts on Monastic Retreats, visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Why go on Monastic Retreats?

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2014 16:30

In this episode of Monastic Retreats Podcast, we will explore the key benefit of going on retreats. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Robert Puff’s podcasts on Monastic Retreats, please visit http://www.MonasticRetreats.com

Introduction to Monastic Retreats