The Passion of St Ignatius and the Roman Amphitheater 

The pacing of these videos (taking your time) is very nice. Thank you.

Thanks for these videos. Hallow tide, 1st century mass and others are great. It’s insane how anyone stayed a Christian in the first few centuries. They just kept getting killed.

Another value-add episode because of the historical background on Roman punishments. But also the big picture perspective of martyrdom generally. End was on point.

Thank you for yet another great video. I’m learning so much from you both. Thank you for all your hard work that must go into each of these. So appreciate the clarity of your teaching. Selfishly cannot wait for the next one! God bless. Jon

You guys are so refreshing! Loving these videos and hoping to eventually see ones that cover ecclesiology in the 2nd and 3rd centuries (as a Protestant considering Catholicism). P.s that final comment was epic!

@38:40f my understanding is that when martyrs are pictured holding some instrument, it is typically the instrument of their martyrdom e.g. St. Peter is shown with an up-side down cross, St. Lawrence with a grid-iron,. St. John the Baptist holding his own head on a platter (tradition was that Paul was beheaded since he was a Roman citizen). Typically when scripture is symbolized in art, it appears as a scroll or a book. This is why St. Paul often is pictured with both a scroll and a sword.

no talk about "the slap"? im surprised Brian Holdsworth is the only catholic on YT who has talked about this. Fr. Mike Schmitz technically did but was so vague about it, I don't even count it. i think there is a lot to be said about how amazingly chris rock handled that, how will smith exploded, his relationship with his wife, jada, the poor way the academy handled it during the night, will smith's gaslighting during his speech and what he said about what denzel told him during the commercial break, and what this says about society that he got a standing ovation 40 mins later when winning the oscar and how society has been divided 50/50 on topic, not even through political lines either. i've watched some protestants talk about it, but they are cringe about it like everything else they talk about, saying chris rock wasn't "nice".