# Medieval Christianity and the Journey to Religious Freedom, with Alex Bernardo

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Podcast: [The Libertarian Christian Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-libertarian-christian-podcast-1116062)
Published: 2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3774

## Resource

In this wayback episode from 2023 that has never been shared on the Libertarian Christian Podcast, Cody Cook interviews Alex Bernardo about medieval Christianity’s integration of church and state, how liberalism paved the way for freedom of religion, and why right and left wing extremists are now questioning whether freedom was such a good idea. This is a great discussion on its own, or as a companion to episode 434 with Gary Chartier: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-434-is-embracing-diversity-the-secret-ingredient-to-creating-a-libertarian-society-with-gary-chartier/ Alex Bernardo is a history teacher and host of CFLN show The Protestant Libertarian Podcast. He’s also on X as @prolibertypod Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI! Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

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