Oct 4 Rembrandt - painter of the soul
Today in 1669 we travel to Holland where we remember the death of the great Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Rembrandt was...
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Pearl of Great Price
Sep 2, 20214 min read
Aug 31 - Grunewald, Artist of the Crucifixion
Today we remember the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grunewald who died in 1528. Now famous for his religious art that display...
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Jul 30, 20213 min read
July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach
Today in 1750 the body of Johan Sebastian Bach was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the churchyard of St. John’s, Leipzig. The...
Pearl of Great Price
Jul 27, 20216 min read
July 27 Bonhoeffers Parents find out he is dead through the BBC
Today Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, parents learnt of his execution by Nazis at Flossenberg concentration camp through a radio broadcast from...
Pearl of Great Price
May 29, 20213 min read
May 30 The Confessing Church resisting the Nazis
Today in 1934 the first synod of the Confessing Church ended. They issued the important Barmen Declaration. An important and brave...
Pearl of Great Price
May 23, 20213 min read
May 24 John Wesley's Conversion
In Aldersgate, London, Anglican priest John Wesley had an experience in the middle of a spiritual crisis which lead to establishment of...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 18, 20213 min read
Apr 19 Reformers become Protestants
In 1526 at the Diet (assembly) of Speyer the reformers became protestants. Today we look at how that happened and what that means. What...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 17, 20216 min read
Apr 18 St Peters Basilica, the biggest church in the world
Today we remember how the cornerstone was laid for St Peters Basilica on the Vatican Hill outside of Rome. We look at the Egyptian...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Mar 27 Meister Eckharts eco-mysticism
Today in 1329 Pope John XXII issued a bull condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. In todays pod we look at his...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 1, 20216 min read
Feb 1 - Translating the Bible
Today we remember the life and work of Erasmus the Dutch priest and 'Prince amongst Humanists'. This is the day in 1516 he dedicated his...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife
Today in 1552 Katharina von Bora was born, she became known as the ‘Lutheress’ because at the age of 26 she was to marry the reformer...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 29, 20212 min read
Jan 18 - Council of Trent and the counter-reformation
Today the third and final session of the Council of Trent opened. An ecumenical council as opposed to a local council it would prove ...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Jan 17 - Baptising Children?
Today in 1525 there was a public debate in Zurich, arranged by the city council, on whether it was permitted to baptise infants. Lead by...
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