{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Facfb157b-1c6f-4ed3-ac15-e6963543c202","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Abortion Fiction: Part 2 - The Pro-Life Bible and Early Church\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/acfb157b-1c6f-4ed3-ac15-e6963543c202\"></iframe>","title":"Abortion Fiction: Part 2 - The Pro-Life Bible and Early Church","description":"In this episode we continue our response to John Irving's article for the New York Times that attempts to bash pro-life advocates over the head with a history lesson. Irving claims that colonial America was actually friendly to abortion practices.Before we examine the colonial period we look at Scriptures against abortion. Then, we observe a consensus among Christians of the first five centuries that abortion at any stage of pregnancy is wrong--even if the science of the day could not tell when life begins in the womb! Articles Cited:\"The Long, Cruel History of the Anti-Abortion Crusade\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/opinion/anti-abortion-history.htmlReferences:Didachehttp://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-lake.htmlEpistle of Barnabashttp://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/barnabas-lightfoot.htmlLetter to Diognetushttp://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/diognetus-lightfoot.htmlAthenagorus of Athens\"The Christians Condemn And Detest All Cruelty\" from A Plea for the Christianshttp://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/athenagoras-plea.htmlTertullian:\"Apology\" (chapter 9)http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/tertullian01.html\"On the Soul\" (chapter 27)http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0310.htm\"On the Soul\" (chapter 25)http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050109.htmHippolytus of RomeRefutation of All Heresies (book 9, chapter 7)http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050109.htmBasil of CaesareaLetter 188 (chapter 2)http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3202188.htmGregory of Nyssa\"On the Soul and the Resurrection\"http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2915.htmJohn ChrysostomHomily 24 on Romanshttp://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210224.htmAugustine of HippoOn Marriage and Concupiscence (book 1, chapter 17)http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15071.htm","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9d281b60-e860-4cd3-a3b9-f3679178eac4/truthspressologocaption.png"}