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Nov 7 Pope Benedict consecrates Barcelona's Sagrada Famiiia
Season 11 Episode 7
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The Sagrada Familia was Anthony Gaudi's magnus opus and attracts more than 3 million visitors every year to Barcelona. Today we remember how Pope Benedict consecrated the unfinished b…
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Nov 6 George Williams and the YMCA
Season 11 Episode 6
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George Williams inspired by the ideals of Muscular Christianity founded the YMCA to offer young men an alternative and healthy life to the urban malaise he saw in London, The movement s…
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Nov 5 Guy Fawkes and York Minster
Season 11 Episode 5
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Guy Fawkes was from York and to commemorate his failure to blow up the House of Lords a special light show was projected onto the beautiful and famous York Minster. Today we look at bot…
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Nov 4 J R R Tolkien's Theological Mythology
Season 11 Episode 4
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The Lord of the Rings has been hugely successful as a book and a film series, all over the world, We look at the theology that underpins J R R Tolkien's Middle- Earth that has been pop…
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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 Resurrection and Reconciliation. It commissioned a War Requ…
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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 it has had a lasting influence on Pope Francis
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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 one of the greatest artistic achievements of all tim…
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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 years later a joint statement was released in agreement…
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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 efforts
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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 the story behind his saltire
Published on 2 months ago