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A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.... more
FAQs about The Pearl of Great Price:How many episodes does The Pearl of Great Price have?The podcast currently has 384 episodes available.
December 29, 2024Dec 30 Ben HurThe ground breaking film Ben Hur was based on the novel that was voted the most influential Christian Book of the 19th Century. It tells the fictional story of a Jewish prisoner, who encounters Christ and eventually is freed from slavery by winning a chariot race...more7minPlay
December 28, 2024Dec 29 Thomas BecketThomas Beckets murder in Canterbury Cathedral made him one of the most popular saints of the medieval period and Canterbury became a pilgrimage destination for many from around Europe...more10minPlay
December 27, 2024Dec 28 John Wycliffe and the LollardsJohn Wycliffe was a reforming priest from the 14th Century. However he grew more critical and distant from the Pope and Church and inspired a group called the Lollards. Sometimes he is called the evening star of scholasticism and the morning star of the Reformation...more7minPlay
December 26, 2024Dec 27 Hagia Sophia - The Holy WisdomThe building that has become iconic in Istanbul, today was consecrated as a church 'The Holy Wisdom', Under the Ottomans it became a mosque, Attaturk turned into a museum and Erdogan has turned it back into a mosque...more6minPlay
December 25, 2024Dec 26 Nuns on a hospital shipThe first nurses on a US Navy hospital ship where 3 sisters from the Order of the Holy Cross - this is their story during the US Civil war...more6minPlay
December 24, 2024Dec 25 First record of Christmas as a holidayThe Philocalus Calendar is the first time we have Christmas Day recorded as an annual feast ...more6minPlay
December 23, 2024Dec 24 The First Christmas Crib at GreccioFrancis of Assisi is credited of inventing the Live Crib at his hermitage at Greccio in Italy, this is the story of it ...more5minPlay
December 22, 2024Dec 23 The Columbus of the CatacombsAntonio Bosio was a remarkable man who discovered many of the catacombs in Rome. He often risked his life exploring them, risking getting lost for ever...more6minPlay
December 21, 2024Dec 22 The Father and Son who were PopesToday we look at the papacy of Saint Innocent I who according to St Jerome was the son of the previous pope, which was not a cause for scandal ...more6minPlay
December 20, 2024Dec 21 The Wartime radio drama - The man born to be KingDorothy Sayers wrote a cycle of radio plays about the life of Jesus Christ that has been repeated and reproduced on multiple occasions...more5minPlay
FAQs about The Pearl of Great Price:How many episodes does The Pearl of Great Price have?The podcast currently has 384 episodes available.