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Mar 25 The Emperor who became a monk
Season 3 Episode 25
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The story of Byzantium and the Emperor Theodosius III who was forced to retire to a monastery with his son. Then the catastrophic 4t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mar 24 Papal Interdicts and the Magna Carta
Season 3 Episode 24
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How a Papal Interdict stopped public daily mass in England - a feat that wasn't repeated till the Coronavirus Lockdown. How this ult…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mar 23 McGregor, Aston Villa & the Football League
Season 3 Episode 23
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How Christian businessman William McGregor started the Football League. A teetotaller, first he cleaned up Aston Villa and then as t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mar 13 Rev John Harvard and his University
Season 3 Episode 13
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Today a college in Massachusetts was established by vote and named after its largest benefactor the Rev John Harvard, we explore his …
2 years, 3 months ago
Dec 5 The Requiem of Hector Berlioz
Season 12 Episode 5
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Described as one of the most expansive audio experiences in the classical world - Berlioz's Requiem was commissioned in memory of Fre…
2 years, 7 months ago
June 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology
Season 6 Episode 8
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The Peruvian Dominican Gustavo Gutierrez is seen by many as being the father of Liberation Theology this is his story
3 years, 1 month ago
June 7 Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia
Season 6 Episode 7
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The life of the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi is intertwined with his magnus opus the Sagrada Familia. It changed him and he c…
3 years, 1 month ago
June 6 John Polkinghorne - Faith & Science
Season 6 Episode 6
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John Charlton Polkinghorne was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent voice explaining the r…
3 years, 1 month ago
June 5 The Sermon that inspired the Riot Act
Season 6 Episode 5
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The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn…
3 years, 1 month ago
June 3 Hitler's Pope?
Season 6 Episode 3
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Pope Pius XII has long been smeared as being Hitlers Pope, English historian John Cornwell has made a lot of money from it. Today we…
3 years, 1 month ago