PONTIFACTS: Ranking the Popes

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PONTIFACTS: Ranking the Popes episodes

February 18, 2019 34. Militiades
Militiades is our second African Pope, and held the papacy during a massive shift of Christendom in the empire that no one saw coming. In this episode, we will discuss putrefying wormy bodies, shocking edicts, and introduce the founder of the Christianization... Constantine!

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54 min
February 11, 2019 33. Eusebius
Eusebius, not THAT Eusebius, didn't really have a chance. He probably should have stayed a physician.

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24 min
February 04, 2019 32. Marcellus I
Marcellus came to the papacy in the lull of the brutal Diocletian persecutions. In this episode, we'll discuss how he did right by his predecessor, re-organized a devastated Church, and then got sucked into internal chaos under Heraclius the jerk.

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38 min
January 28, 2019 31. Marcellinus
There is nothing we can say here without giving it all away. You're just going to have to listen.

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46 min
January 21, 2019 30. Caius
Pope Caius the Dalmatian was somehow related to one of the most important emperors in Roman history, and also maybe a saint. Also maybe that saint was faced with some incest? And maybe he was REALLY old when he became pope. This is an episode with many mysteries!
Show Notes:
Finger-Ring Lore: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43707/43707-h/43707-h.htm

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52 min
January 14, 2019 29. Eutychian
Was Pope Eutychian even a pope at all? Historians will argue, and the mass destruction of Christian records during the Diocletian persecutions will obfuscate the answers. In this episode, we'll spend some time recapping the state of the empire, and then try to determine a feasible schedule to bury over 300 martyrs in 8 years.

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32 min
January 07, 2019 28. Felix I
We're ringing in the new year with a new Pope, facing old problems!
In his episode, we'll look at the drastic lengths required to deal with pesky Paul of Samosata, how Queen Zenobia of Palmyra factors in, and maybe new, maybe old tradition of graveside martyrdom commemoration.

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39 min
December 25, 2018 Bonus Episode: Pope Gifts
It's a Pontifacts holiday surprise! Join Fry and Bry as we explore some ridiculous pope-themed gifts you COULD have bought for your loved ones this year, and strange gifts that recent popes have received!

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30 min
December 17, 2018 27. Dionysius
This episode is about Pope Dionysius. And Bishop Dionysius, and what Dionysius thought of Dionysius, Dionysius's correspondence with Dionysius, and of course, the Affair of the Dionysii.

Show Notes:
Writings of Dionysius: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/dionysiusrome.html

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40 min
December 10, 2018 26. Sixtus II
Pope Sixtus II is our first second! He is a heavy hitter in the early church, and his tomb is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites of the first martyrs. In this episode we discuss cults and beans, his famous saint companions, his bloody death, and his Renaissance depictions!

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48 min