Ancient Christian Ghosts: REAL Apparitions from Bible to the Saints - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

About this episode

Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss ghostly encounters in the ancient Church and theological perspectives on them.

Early Christians were no exception in ancient beliefs in ghosts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss reports of ghostly encounters in the ancient Church, what theologians thought of them, and how Jimmy would evaluate these cases today.

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Akin

Guest: Dom Bettinelli

Topics covered

• ancient beliefs
• ghosts
• Christianity
• theology
• apparitions
• early Church

Keywords

• ghosts
• Christianity
• ancient Church
• theologians
• apparitions
• early Christians
• mysterious encounters

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ancient Christian Ghosts: REAL Apparitions from Bible to the Saints

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