In Simeon's Wake

By Ben WyattReligion & Spirituality Christianity

In Simeon's Wake episodes

January 16 Supplemental - An Interview with Dr. Darrick Taylor on Montanism
A fascinating investigation of the New Prophecy, also known as Montanism, with scholar and fellow church history podcaster Darrick Taylor! Join us to learn about Montanism's origins, reach, and perhaps its most dangerous opponent of all: the siesta.
50 min
January 02 Episode 11 - The Carthaginian Wunderkind: Tertullian
Neologisms, persecution, heresy, and intersecting colonial identities, oh my! Ancient and modern worlds collide in the remarkable personage of Tertullian. Learn all about this pioneer of the faith - and pioneer of creative insults - in today's episode.
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45 min
December 06, 2025 Episode 10 - Tyrants, Traitors, and Tumult: Africa in 200 AD
Fashion-obsessed emperors, real estate deals, and post-baptismal stank...the early church had a lot to deal with! It's time to check in and see how things were going for the African church ca. 200 AD.
52 min
November 07, 2025 Episode 9 - The Seed of the Church: Africa and the Legacy of the Martyrs
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer spoke those words in the shadow of Nazi Germany. For the Christians of Africa, they were a sporadic but ever-looming reality. Martyrdom shaped the church - and the church shaped its people through the stories of these heroes of the faith.

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50 min
October 31, 2025 Episode 8F - Virtue is the Real Knowledge: Clement of Alexandria’s Gnosticism
Not all so-called gnostics went down as heretics. Learn the story of Clement of Alexandria today!

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48 min
October 24, 2025 Episode 8E - An Interview with Dr. Shirley Paulson
In this episode, Ben chats with an expert on the Nag Hammadi texts to learn a bit more about these fascinating documents we've been reviewing.

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35 min
October 17, 2025 Episode 8D - The Forerunner's Faithful: The Mandeans
Being venerated just runs in the family.
Jesus's cousin, John the Baptist, has his very own religion that venerates him to this very day!
Learn all about the forerunner's faithful in today's episode.

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40 min
October 10, 2025 Episode 8C - Aeons, Aeons Everywhere: Valentinus and the Gospel of Truth
Valentinus may be the most reviled of all the Gnostic writers. He was savaged by orthodox thinkers as a heretic and apostate - who almost became the pope! Listen in to find out what St. Irenaeus doesn't want you to hear. (Well, actually, he did want you to hear it, he quotes it at length in his works to tell you how silly it is, but he didn't want you to *believe* it, you know? Listen man, intros are hard. Just listen to the episode.)

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32 min
October 03, 2025 Episode 8B - The Sacred Son: Sethianism
With secret sacred syllables, triple masculinity, and a dramatic reveal that will leave you gasping for air, there's a lot to explore in the mysteries of Sethian religion!

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39 min
October 03, 2025 Episode 8A - The Other Gospels: Enter the Gnostics
It's time to see the other texts that shaped African Christianity - the much-maligned (and much less studied) Gnostic Gospels! But who are the Gnostics? And are they really so scary? We'll spend all month answering that question!

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13 min

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Embark on an exploration of the fascinating world of ancient African Christianity! Martyrs, heretics, and more await as we follow after the very first African convert: the Ethiopian eunuch Simeon…