In this episode, we hide high in the rafters of St Jerome’s college and watch over a hearing at the Consistorial Court of Discipline. Fra Pavel - the alethiometrist - is being questioned by a panel of the senior members of the Court: including the intense President of the Court, Father MacPhail.

Join us as we discuss real-world absolution, a typical Greek myth and nuclear Russian Dolls.

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Find out which branch of the Magisterium you are, with this silly quiz we put together!

More on Jerome (of Saint Jerome) here, and more on Philomel here, who we talk about this episode in the context of a Greek myth.

If you want to learn more about the confusing history of the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, then check here as a starting point. You can also read the poem by Byron here.

If you really need a far better explanation of the nuclear bomb Russian Doll ignition process, then you can read more here.

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud, performed by Claire Wickes

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