# #206 – Ancient Christianities

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Podcast: [Recovering Evangelicals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/recovering-evangelicals-947295)
Published: 2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://lukejjanssen.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/206-ancient-christianities/
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Five centuries of vicious, in-house conflicts over the control of emergent Christian orthodoxy. This week’s guest — Dr. Paula Fredriksen — discusses her latest book: Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years. Yes, that’s “Christianities” … plural! The focus of this retrospective is the multiple strands of Christian thinking which were vying for control during […]

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