Transfigured | Anthony of the Desert - The founder of Monasticism @transfigured3673 | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Hank and I continue our church fathers series with St Anthony of the Desert. He is the founder of monasticism and the archetypal Christian hermit. His story and theology are very interesting.

Podcast version of this episode: https://anchor.fm/transfigured-sam/episodes/Anthony-of-the-Desert---The-founder-of-Monasticism-e1iqkmo

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:00 - Antony's early life
00:11:30 - Antony, Athanasius and the Arians
00:25:30 - Demonology and Spiritual Warfare
00:33:10 - Heroes vs Saints
00:39:30 - How to fight demons
00:51:30 - Original sin and atonement
01:00:00 - Body and Soul
01:04:15 - The Afterlife
01:14:30 - Anthony vs the Philosophers
01:17:30 - Concluding Remarks