{"podcast":{"title":"Banned Books","slug":"banned-books-1005383","podcast_index_feed_id":1005383,"rss_url":"https://bannedbooks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/1/b/e/b1be8b5f4a63f8e488c4a68c3ddbc4f2/banned_books_podcast-20230812-29m6c8u8m4.jpg","author":"1517 Legacy","episode_count":477,"summary":"Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T22:17:27.547797+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383"},"episode":{"title":"452: Anonymous - Ars Moriendi","slug":"452-anonymous-ars-moriendi","published_at":"2026-09-05T11:59:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/452-anonymous-ars-moriendi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383","url":"https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/452-anonymous","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bannedbooks/BB_452.mp3?dest-id=697691","summary":"Are You More Spiritual Than a Medieval Peasant? In this episode, we sit with The Book of the Craft of Dying to discuss how medieval spiritual warfare was explained in the 1415 text Ars Moriendi . What temptations do Christians experience in the midst of death? How do temptations to desperation, impatience, complacency, and concern about worldly matters seduce Christians? How do we distinguish between divine actions and nefarious powers at work? How many times can Gillespie interrupt and contradict Riley before he goes apoplectic? Are there patterns Christians can look for to recognize when temptations are approaching? Is there anything we can do to avoid temptations? Is being tempted the same as sinning? Why is so much of medieval piety and discipline no longer taught by the churches? This and much, much more on today's episode of the podcast. SHOW NOTES: Ars Moriendi (c. 1415), anonymous, from Frances Comper, The Book of the Craft of Dying (1917) https://archive.org/details/bookofcraftofdyi00caxtiala More from 1517: Give to the June 1517 Podcast Network Fundraiser! https://donate.overflow.co/1517/cash?config=2026-podcast-network-fundraiser Support 1517 Podcast Network https://www.1517.org/podcast-fundraiser 1517 Podcasts : http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule : https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education : https://academy.1517.org/ What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco https://shop.1517.org/collections/coming-soon/products/9781964419947-the-turk-at-the-door Luther and the Lion: A Narnian Catechism by Samuel Schuldheisz https://shop.1517.org/produ…","meta_description":"Are You More Spiritual Than a Medieval Peasant? In this episode, we sit with The Book of the Craft of Dying to discuss how medieval spiritual warfare was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8594,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/banned-books-1005383/episodes/452-anonymous-ars-moriendi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/452-anonymous-ars-moriendi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}