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Regular episode • Season 2 • Episode 6 • Exiles in Amsterdam. 

Artwork •The Canons of Dort, or Canons of Dordrecht. 

Formally titled The Decision of the Synod of Dort on the Five Main Points of Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands, is an exposition of orthodox Reformed soteriology against Arminianism, by the National Synod held in the Dutch city of Dordrecht in 1618–1619.

Music • Be Still for the Presence of the Lord.

Text & Melody by David J. Evans. Both the words and the music for ‘Be Still for the Presence of the Lord’ were written in 1985 by a piano teacher called David Evans. Born in Dartford in Kent in 1957, he grew up in Winchester and studied Social Sciences at the University of Southampton. 

Hymn, sung by the congregation and choir of Beverley Minster. Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England.

It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one-third of all English cathedrals and is regarded as a Gothic masterpiece

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Artwork  •    John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1602. 

John Whitgift (c1530-1604) was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1567-1576. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1583. He attended Elizabeth I on her deathbed and crowned James I.

Music (1)•Hela'r Dryw (Hunting the Wren). 

An Ancient Welsh folk song, sung by the band Fernhill.

Hunting the Wren’ in Wales usually took place between the 6th of January  and the 12th which was Twelfth Night. It was a custom connected with luck-visiting and formed part of the celebrations around the winter solstice.

Music (2)•The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599).

A pastoral poem from the English Renaissance (1599).                                                                                                                               Written by Christopher Marlowe (1485–1603).

Marlowe composed the poem in iambic tetrameter (four feet of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable) in six stanzas, and each stanza is composed of two rhyming couplets; thus the first line of the poem reads: "Come live with me and be my love".

Read by  @thebardscz

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Artwork • The Gasthuiskerk is a Protestant church of the Christian Reformed Churches in Middelburg in the province of Zeeland .

The church was built in 1493 as a chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara . The originally Roman Catholic hospital chapel was used by the residents of the abbey from 1568 to 1571 and was rented to English merchants from 1579 to 1589. The chapel was subsequently assigned to the Reformed Church in 1589 and in 1799 it became a Roman Catholic church again. In 1845 the building was sold to the Christian Separated Churches and in 1936 it was purchased by the Christian Reformed Churches.

Music • My Sweetest Lesbia, composer: Thomas Campion, performed by Andreas Scholl.

The poem, "My Sweetest Lesbia", is sometimes described as a translation. Its inspiration is the Latin poet Catullus's poem, Carmen V. 

The theme of the poem is; We must live now, because we don't have forever. 

Thomas Campion belongs to that fascinating tradition of medically-trained poets. He was a poet, composer, musical and literary theorist, and physician. Born in London in 1567, left Cambridge without a degree, briefly studied law, but ultimately graduated from the University of Caen with an MD. After practising medicine in London he later returned to the continent as a gentleman-soldier. He is believed to have died of the plague in London in 1620.

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Artwork   •   The Cambridge University Library copy of: 

'The Protestation of Martin Marprelate’, 1589.

Hastily created on an antiquated press hidden in a barn on a Coventry property, this last pamphlet was probably typeset by Martin’s collaborators, Job Throckmorton and John Penry. of Martin Marprelate'.  

Music      •   Daniel Bacheler: To Plead My Faith · The Consort of Musicke · Anthony Rooley

Daniel Bacheler, 1572 – 1619, was an English lutenist and composer.

This is his only surviving song, set to the words of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, 1565-1601. 

 

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There are some writings which Seethe, with a barely concealed anger, even after more than four centuries.

Two memoranda by Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council under Queen Elizabeth the first, exemplify this; in them, he expresses his outrage at Elizabeth’s efforts to shift the blame for the death of Mary Queen of Scots.

After agreeing to the assassination of Mary, Elizabeth would later blame Secretary of State William Davison and the Privy Council, for executing the very death warrant, she had signed.

Artwork    •    The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, drawn by Robert Beale (1541-1601), Clerk of the Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth I, who wrote the official record of the execution to which he was an eyewitness. 

The evening before the execution he had read-out to Mary her death warrant and informed her that she was to be executed the following morning. 

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Artwork    •    The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, drawn by Robert Beale (1541-1601), Clerk of the Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth I, who wrote the official record of the execution to which he was an eyewitness. 

The evening before the execution he had read-out to Mary her death warrant and informed her that she was to be executed the following morning. 

Key to numbers: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent are seated to the left (1 & 2) and Sir Amias Paulet, one of Mary's guards, is seated behind the scaffold (3)

  •   Christum wir sollen loben schon, 1586     · Württemberg Chamber Choir 

Lyricist: Martin Luther.  Composer: Lukas Osiander.

Martin Luther initially adapted his melody from the Latin hymn melodies associated with 'A solis ortus cardine' by Caelius Sedulius to make it suitable for his German verse. 

The chorale text and melody first appeared in print in Erfurt 'Enchiridion' in 1524.

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This podcast focuses on history, particularly the English Separatist movement and its ties to the broader evolution of the Christian faith. 

At its heart is a story that describes the progression and global impact of the Protestant faith. 

It records how an emerging movement reshaped core Christian beliefs, partitioning Western Christianity into Catholicism and the new Protestant groups. 

In series 2, starting in 1585, we explore a time when a Protestant movement was starting to falter in Holland.  

We'll also dive into the events leading up to the execution of a Queen, and uncover another important yet lesser-known figure named Martin. 

These fascinating developments will bring us to the reign of King James I, the son of Mary Queen of Scots, who ruled both England and Scotland. 

Artwork •                    Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, around 1700–1710.

Music     •                    The Nunc Dimittis • 'Now lettest thou depart'. 

Composer Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). 

From 'The best of choral and organ works', Oxford Camerate.

It is known as the Song or Canticle of Simeon.

A canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32.

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This podcast explores the rich history of the English Non-Conformist and Separatist movements, examining their ties to the broader development of the Christian faith.

At its heart, it tells the story of how Protestantism evolved and made a significant global impact.

The podcast, illustrates how this emerging movement, reshaped fundamental Christian beliefs, leading to division in Western Christianity between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant groups.

The narrative, is organised chronologically, starting in the early 16th century with Martin Luther's excommunication, and concluding in 1620 in Plymouth Harbour, England.

The first series features twelve episodes, spotlighting influential figures such as Beza, Vermigli, Calvin, Tyndale, Knox, and Robert Browne, who is often hailed as the Father of Congregationalism.

The podcast's goal is not to sway beliefs, but rather to explore key historical events.

A complete transcript will be made available for each episode.

 The artwork is Exsurge Domine,  'Arise, O Lord'.

It is the cover page of the Papal Bull promulgated or ‘exposed to public view’, on 15 June 1520 by Pope Leo X.
It was issued in response to Martin Luther's teachings, which contradicted the beliefs upheld by the Catholic Church.

The Music accompaniment is Dies Irae, or The Day of Wrath'. 

This is a medieval Latin poem, best known for its use in the Roman Rite Requiem, Mass for the Dead, and funeral Mass.

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The Artwork is a Painted portrait of Martin Luther, 1528

Artist:Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)
Painting Location: The Coburg Fortress, a medieval fortress, situated above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.

The Music is Kyrie,  from the Gregorian Plainsong Mass, Missa Orbis Factor.

This episode examines the origins of a Protestant movement that significantly altered fundamental Christian beliefs.

The term "Protestant" originated from the Protestation at Speyer in 1529, where nobles opposed the decrees from the Diet of Worms that threatened the forfeiture of property for supporters of Lutheranism.

Martin Luther, a German priest, theologian, religious reformer, author, and Augustinian friar, was born on November 10, 1483, in Saxony. He was a key figure in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and is often regarded as the pivotal leader of the movement whose followers became known as Lutherans.

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam was one of the leading activists and thinkers of the European Renaissance. A man of remarkable intellect, he played a significant role in defining the humanist movement in Northern Europe.

At this point, it is also important to understand the concept of predestination. The Puritans believed that at the time of the world's creation, God had already predetermined who would be saved or condemned.

Lastly, it is essential to mention William Tyndale, who is widely regarded as the greatest English biblical scholar.