{"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":"453: Athanasius - Against the Wiles of Satan","slug":"453-athanasius-against-the-wiles-of-satan","published_at":"2026-09-12T12:59:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/453-athanasius-against-the-wiles-of-satan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383","url":"https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/453-athanasius","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bannedbooks/BB_453.mp3?dest-id=697691","summary":"The Cost of Discipline. In this episode, we sit with St. Athanasius and his writings on the life of St. Antony. How did Christians in the 4th century view spiritual warfare and affliction? What is the relation of discipline to prayer, piety, and resisting temptation? What did 4th century Christians think about virtues and vices, and whether they were (or weren't) related to the Christian life? Is it better for Christians to seek a place of solitude or community when focusing on heavenly things versus worldly things? How does Mammon factor into this? What does Scripture teach about the evil one, demons, dark powers, and evil spirits? Do we as modern Christians agree with Athanasius and Antony's views about spiritual warfare, and if not, why? This and much, much more on this week's episode. SHOW NOTES: Athanasius - The Life of Saint Antony https://stjohnmiami.org/sites/default/files/book/55/life-st-anthony-st-athanasius.pdf 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/products/9781964419985-luther-and-the-lion By Water and the Word by Brian Thomas https…","meta_description":"The Cost of Discipline. In this episode, we sit with St. Athanasius and his writings on the life of St. Antony. How did Christians in the 4th century view…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10464,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/banned-books-1005383/episodes/453-athanasius-against-the-wiles-of-satan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/453-athanasius-against-the-wiles-of-satan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}