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Nov 3 War Requiem - Benjamin Britten and Wilfred Owen
Season 11 Episode 3
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Coventry Cathedral was rebuilt after being bombed in WW2, with its shell left standing next to the new cathedral a symbol of Resurrec…
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Nov 2 The Theology of Failure according to John Navone
Season 11 Episode 2
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One of the most intriguing works of Christology is the Theology of Failure by John Navone. An edition was published today in 1974 and…
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Nov 1 Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Season 11 Episode 1
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After four years work - the Sistine Chapel was opened for public viewing on all Saints Day. Michelangelo's Ceilings is now seen as …
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Oct 31 Catholics and Lutherans agree on Justification
Season 10 Episode 31
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The understanding of justification by faith alone was the theological faultline at the heart of the reformation. Today almost 5oo yea…
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Oct 30 Nat Turners Slave Rebellion
Season 10 Episode 30
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The Slave Nat Turner believed that he was divinely inspired to lead an uprising of slaves in Virginia. He would be killed for his eff…
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Oct 29 St Andrew, his relics and Scotland
Season 10 Episode 29
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Today we look at the story of St Regulus being shipwrecked in Scotland with relics of St Andrew. How he became the national saint and…
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Oct 28 The Good Pope and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Season 10 Episode 28
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John XXIII was born into a simple farming family and was proud of his humble beginnings. He Was mourned after his death as 'Il Papa …
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Oct 27 Constantine, the Edict of Milan and The True Cross
Season 10 Episode 27
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Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to be baptised a Christian, This was an incredible turnaround after many terrible persecutio…
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Oct 26 Alfred the Great - Christianity unites England
Season 10 Episode 26
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When Alfred defeated Guthrum at the Battle of Eddington and then proceeded to be his mentor and oversee his baptism - England was at …
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Oct 25 Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales
Season 10 Episode 25
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Geoffrey Chaucer's stories of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St Thomas a Becket have lead to him being called the father of E…
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