The Golden Bones

In this episode of Golden Bones, we travel to sixteenth-century Japan to tell the story of The House of Hashimoto; the Samurai father who led them, his beloved wife Tekla, and their children. Against the backdrop of the Sengoku wars, the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the outlawing of Christianity, one family must choose between loyalty to the shogun or faith in Christ. Their journey culminates in one of the most moving martyrdoms in Japanese Christian history, reminding us that the Gospel has always been carried forward by those willing to count the cost.

Sources:

• Boxer, C. R. The Christian Century in Japan, 1549–1650. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951.

• Elisonas, Jurgis. "Christianity and the Daimyo." In The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. 4, Early Modern Japan, edited by John Whitney Hall, 301–372. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

• Kouamé, Nathalie. Christianity and the State in Tokugawa Japan. Paris: Presses de l'INALCO, 2021.

• Yuuki, Diego, S.J. The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki. Tokyo: Enderle Book Co., 1998.

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In the closing days of 403 AD, an elderly monk emerged from the wilderness and walked into the Roman Colosseum. Unarmed and unafraid...and brought an end to Gladiatorial Combat

His name was St. Telemachus

From the lonely caves of the Ganos Mountains to the thunder of John Chrysostom's preaching, from demonic opposition in the wilderness to the blood-soaked sands of Rome, this episode follows the remarkable life and martyrdom of the Desert Father whose death has long been remembered as the final blow against the gladiatorial games.

This is the story of a man who believed that the Gospel advances not by the shedding of another's blood, but by the faithful willingness to lay down one's own.

Sources include:

• Theodoret of Cyrus
• Sozomen
• John Chrysostom
• Augustine of Hippo
• Athanasius' Life of Antony
• Additional primary and secondary historical sources

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Under the growing shadow of the Third Reich; when even Churches bent the knee; one man refused.

In our third Episode this season we are looking at the life of Georg Maus. A German school teacher, and veteran of the Trenches from The Great War; who refused to compromise. With Nazi ideology sweeping his Nation, Maus stood firm right where his God placed him…a classroom.

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Sources

• Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED. Zentrales Parteiarchiv, NJ 14055, Bd. 2. Akten des Prozesses vor dem Volksgerichtshof, Berlin.
  • Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany). Central Party Archive, NJ 14055, Vol. 2. Records of the trial before the People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof), Berlin.

• Hermle, Siegfried. “Georg Heinrich Ludwig Gottfried Maus.” In Zwischen Bekenntnis und Ideologie: 100 Lebensbilder des rheinischen Protestantismus im 20. Jahrhundert, edited by Thomas Martin Schneider, Joachim Conrad, and Stefan Flesch, 128–131. Leipzig, 2018.
  • “Georg Heinrich Ludwig Gottfried Maus.” In Between Confession and Ideology: 100 Biographical Portraits of Rhenish Protestantism in the 20th Century, edited by Thomas Martin Schneider, Joachim Conrad, and Stefan Flesch, 128–131. Leipzig, 2018.

• Kirchhoff, Barbara. “Georg Maus – 1888–1945.” In Pfarramtskalender 1995, 7–23.
  • “Georg Maus – 1888–1945.” In Parish Office Calendar 1995, pp. 7–23.

• Lekebusch, Sigrid. “Maus, Georg Heinrich Ludwig Gottfried.” In Ihr Ende schaut an …: Evangelische Märtyrer des 20. Jahrhunderts, edited by Harald Schultze and Andreas Kurschat, 363–365. Leipzig, 2006.
  • “Maus, Georg Heinrich Ludwig Gottfried.” In ‘Consider Their End …’: Protestant Martyrs of the 20th Century, edited by Harald Schultze and Andreas Kurschat, 363–365. Leipzig, 2006.

• Lekebusch, Sigrid. “‘Auch Dr. Goebbels kann Jesu Gebot nicht aufheben.’ Der Leidensweg des Lehrers Georg Maus.” In Sie schwammen gegen den Strom: Widerständigkeit und Verfolgung rheinischer Protestanten im ‘Dritten Reich’, 2nd ed., edited by Günther van Norden and Klaus Schmidt, 144–147. Cologne, 2007.
  • “‘Even Dr. Goebbels Cannot Abrogate Jesus’ Command.’ The Suffering Path of the Teacher Georg Maus.” In They Swam Against the Current: Resistance and Persecution of Rhenish Protestants in the Third Reich, 2nd ed., edited by Günther van Norden and Klaus Schmidt, 144–147. Cologne, 2007.

• Loscher, Klaus, and Udo Hahn. Ich habe nicht verleugnet: Georg Maus. Leben und Wirken eines Religionslehrers im Dritten Reich. Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag, 1987. 2nd rev. and expanded ed., 1988.
  • I Did Not Deny: Georg Maus. Life and Work of a Religious Teacher in the Third Reich. Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Publishing House, 1987. 2nd revised and expanded edition, 1988.

• Hermle, Siegfried. “Georg Heinrich Ludwig Gottfried Maus.” Portal Rheinische Geschichte. Landschaftsverband Rheinland. Published August 4, 2022; last modified October 6, 2022

In the second Episode of Season Two, we travel back to ancient Guatemala to hear the story of Friar Domingo De Vico, missionary to the Ki' Che people.

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In this new Season of The Golden Bones, we are changing formats just a little bit to tell stories from Church History about those who lived for Christ so out-loud, that they were killed for it.

For our Season Two opener, we look at the legend of Saint Eustace. Who was he? What did he do? How did he live? And why should we care?

Enjoy the last Episode of Season One! We'll be coming back in Fall with Season Two!

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What sins of yours have been killed?

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Tell me a story.

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What did God make you to do? What has happened in your life that made you this way? Was it all by chance?