490 - How Idolatry Began (Universal History)

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Part 5. In this episode, Deacon Seraphim Rohlin and I continue the Syriac text of the Cave of Treasures into the fourth age of the world. The text traces the origins of idolatry back to a lack of hope in the resurrection. It tells of a “flood of wind” that buried the idols in mounds, and it puts the origin of sorcery in a child sacrifice to a golden image. We also look at how the text explains Persian fire worship and why it makes Nimrod the same person as Zoroaster. Along the way we talk about the difference between an icon and an idol. Watch the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/JLLlb-QqLBk Watch the full series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLegM2eIGv3-I&si=u…