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The private Eucharist that let his followers meet outside episcopal control
The private Eucharist that let his followers meet outside episcopal controlA man kneels before a secular judge in a Roman city, confessing to praying naked, meeting women after dark, and studying forbidden texts. He is a bishop. The men who brought the charges against him are bishops too, and the confession will decide whether he lives. What actually happened in that room — and whether the words attributed to him were ever his own?In this episode, we trace Priscillian of Ávila from a private ascetic movement in fourth-century Hispania through synods, imperial courts, and a fatal trial in…
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