By popular demand, CITC season four closes with a re-release of 2023’s Reformation special, “Halloween and the Reformation (combined edition).” In order to preserve timestamps, no editing has been done, and so any updates concerning CITC are outdated. Here are the timestamps for this episode:
Time Stamps:
0:00-6:49 Introduction
6:49-19:51 Samhain
19:51-40:00 All Saints Day
40:00-42:08 Summary
42:08 – 55:23 Pre-Reformation Reforms
55:23 – 1:09:10 The Reformation
1:09:10 – 1:31:53 Modern Halloween
1:31:53 – End | Drawing Conclusions
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Resources referenced in this episode (in order that they are referenced):
Ronald Hutton entitled the Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
W. Rordorf, Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity, s.v. “MARTYR–MARTYRDOM,”
The Apostolic Fathers: A Brief Introduction, Summary, and Their Contents, 2023, https://christisthecure.org/2023/04/18/the-apostolic-fathers-a-brief-introduction-summary-and-their-contents/
Larry Bruce and E. Ray Clendenen, Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, s.v. “ANCESTORS,”
V. Saxer – S. Heid, Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity, s.v. “MARTYR–MARTYRDOM
Kinney, Robert “Revelation 16: Libations of God’s Wrath.” https://credomag.com/2018/12/revelation-16-libations-of-gods-wrath/
The Ancient Roman Libation Tubes that Connected the Living to the Dead, Teresa Bitler, 2019, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-libations-on-graves
Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation
Hallow’s Etymology, https://www.etymonline.com/word/hallow#etymonline_v_1398
Halloween etymology, https://www.etymonline.com/word/Halloween
M. A. Harder, R. F. Regtuit, and G. C. Wakker, Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry, 131-162.
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Joel Green and Lee Martin McDonald, eds., The World of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013), p. 109-111
Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. Princeton University Press, 2013, 609.
Augustine, The City of God, 22:10
Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints, p. 156
Jerome, Against Vigilantius, 23:340.
Heming, Carol Piper. Protestants and the Cult of the Saints: In German-Speaking Europe, 1517–1531. Vol. 65. Penn State University Press, 2003, 4.
James P. “Holy Time and Sacred Space in Puritan New England.” American Quarterly 32, no. 1 (1980): 79–95. https://doi.org/10.2307/2712497.
Santino, Jack. “Halloween in America: Contemporary Customs and Performances.” Western Folklore 42, no. 1 (1983): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1499461.
https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/truth-about-halloween/
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins#
https://www.britannica.com/topic/modern-Paganism
https://www.gaia.com/article/modern-paganism-13-rituals-celebrate-samhain
https://www.learnreligions.com/is-halloween-satanic-95881
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/seasons-and-feast-days/all-saints-20377