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Jan 21 - First prayer of Pilgrim Fathers in America
Season 1 Episode 21
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On this day in Christian History, we go back to the year 1621 and the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on …
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Jan 20 - Communist Russia & Christianity
Season 1 Episode 20
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Today in 1918 we remember how the Bolshevik-controlled government in Russia enacted the Decree that proclaimed the separation of church an…
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Jan 19 - Premiere of Goethe's Faust
Season 1 Episode 19
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Today in 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust receives its premiere performance, we look at the story behind the greatest work of Ger…
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Jan 18 - Final Session of Trent Opens
Season 1 Episode 18
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The final session of the Council of Trent opened today in 1562. This would define Catholicism for the next four hundred years, a sadly mar…
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Jan 17 - Baptising Children in Switzerland
Season 1 Episode 17
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Today in 1525, the Zurich City Council arranged a public debate between Ulrich Zwingli and the Anabaptists who were opposed to infant Bapt…
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Jan 16 - The Medici become the Popes Bankers
Season 1 Episode 16
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Its 1412, The church is divided into three claims to the papacy, and the Medici become the Pope's bankers and one of the most powerful fam…
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Jan 15 James Naismith invents Basketball
Season 1 Episode 15
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Today in 1892 chaplain and teacher James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in Massachusetts. This is the…
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Jan 7 - Galileo's Moons cause a revolution
Season 1 Episode 7
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Today in 1610 Galileo Galilei observed 4 moons of Jupiter. This observation changed the way we understood the universe and led to conflict…
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Jan 8 - Gauchito Gil, Argentinas folk saint
Season 1 Episode 8
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Today's episode looks at the curious phenomenon of Gauchito Gill killed today in1878. With his roadside shrines all over Argentina, he is …
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Jan 9 - The Black Nazarene
Season 1 Episode 9
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Today millions of Phillipinos accompany a 7km procession of a statue of Christ carrying his cross in Manila. It lasts up to 22 hours and t…
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