The Pearl of Great Price

By Tim Byron

A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.... more

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May 29, 2025 May 30 Standing up to the Nazi's, the Confessing Church
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On May 30 the confessing church in German finished its first synod and issued the Barmen Declaration. Bravely denouncing the Nazification of the Evangelical Church. They were inspired by Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemoller
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May 28, 2025 May 29 G.K.Chesterton
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Described as the Prince of Paradox, great wordsmith and communicator Chesterton had an interesting spiritual journey. Unitarianism > Occult > Anglicanism > Catholicism. Some of his books are now considered to be classics of apologetics, and his Father Brown detective series is more popular than ever. A process for beatification is open.
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May 26, 2025 May 27 The Oldest Legal System in the World
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Canon Law has developed over 2000 years and influence the development of many secular legal systems
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8min
May 25, 2025 May 26 Bernardos
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William Bernardo wanted to be a missionary to China after his evangelical conversion. Moving to London to study medicine he was shocked by how many children were orphaned and lived on the streets
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May 24, 2025 May 25 Ecumenism and Ut Unum Sint
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This encyclical on Church Unity, marked a different papal tone, with John Paul II calling ecumenism an imperative
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17min
May 23, 2025 May 24 John Wesley's Conversion
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John Wesley went from spiritual despair to renewal after experiencing a strange warming of the heart in Aldersgate London
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9min
May 22, 2025 May 23 Sam Sharpe and Jamaica's Baptist Rebellion
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Today Sam Sharpe was executed for inciting a Slave Rebellion, he is now a national hero in Jamaica. A slave himself and a Baptist Deacon, this is his story
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May 21, 2025 May 22 The Trevi Fountain, Popes and Rome
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Today we remember how Popes commissioned and Blessed the redesigned Trevi Fountain. The City of Rome has closely been linked to the rise and fall of the Papacy.
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May 20, 2025 May 21 Attacking the Pieta
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Michelangelo's Pieta is one of the greatest sculptures of all time, and today it was attacked by a Hungarian Geologist and seriously damaged.
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May 19, 2025 May 20 'We Believe....." The Council of Nicea
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The first ecumenical (Global ) Church Council and the Creed that came from it
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How many episodes does The Pearl of Great Price have?

The podcast currently has 384 episodes available.