Podcast
The Pearl of Great Price
Hosted by Tim Byron · EN
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
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May 28 William Colgate
4w ago00:08:38Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHow a young emigrant to USA had an experience of being born again, which prevented him from being bitter and gave him the resilience to build up one of Americas most famous companies. His deep faith led him to share most of his wealth through tithing
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May 19 Alcuin of York - Capital letters and miniscule script
May 1800:08:52Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe greatest mind of the 8th Century - changed how we read letters, and saved a lot of knowledge from Viking Destruction. Alcuin of York - a one man renaissance was the sun who shone over Europe
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May 18 The Original Megachurch - Drama and Kidnapping
May 1700:09:33Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailToday we remember the disappearance of Aimee McPherson a remarkable and pioneering evangelist. And how she reappeared 5 weeks later in the Mexican Desert ... what happened?
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May 17 Mapping the Mississippi with Marquette
May 1600:08:02Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette and the Canadian Fur Trapper Louis Joillet were the first to explore and map the Mississipi - they embarked today and this is their story
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May 16 Brendan the Navigator
May 1500:14:46Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailDid a Celtic Monk called Brendan cross the Atlantic 1000 years before Columbus?
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May 15 Rerum Novarum, the Pope and Revolution
May 1400:17:32Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailRerum Novarum was described as ground breaking - the foundational encyclical on Catholic Social Teaching. The only encyclical to spawn to follow up encyclicals as the Church tries to tread a middle line between Capitalism and Socialism
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May 14 Salem Witch Trials
May 1300:09:00Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe infamous Salem Witch trials are now understood to be a bout of Puritan Mass Hysteria - and some historians argue lead to the end of experimental theocracies in the USA
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May 13 Shooting in St Peters Square
May 1200:12:57Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailTurkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca came millimeters from killing John Paul II today by shooting him four times at close range in St Peters Square. We look at the theories about why it happened and their relationship afterwards
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May 12 The Pope and Fatima's third secret
May 1100:08:38Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailOn a thanksgiving pilgrimage to Fatima Pope John Paul II was attacked by a ultra-conservative priest brandishing a bayonet. Why was the Pope there in the first place? What was he giving thanks for?
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May 11 Irish Monasticism
May 1000:07:33Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe look at the life of Comgall, his student Columbanus and the distinctive form of Christian Community that emerged in Ireland. We also look at how that had shaped the universal church.
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