The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
Podcasting since 2021 • 362 episodes
The Pearl of Great Price
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Nov 21 Lumen Gentium - A light for the Peoples
Lumen Gentium was one of the most important documents of Vatican 2. The Churches understanding of itself... the first time ever written, dealing with such themes as the universal call to holiness and salvation outside the church
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Season 11
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Episode 21
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8:40
Nov 20 The Little Flower and Two Popes
Terese of Liseux is one of the most popular saints in the church - even though she died relatively unknown at 24. Her 'Little Way' to Holiness was made famous through her autobiography The Story of a Soul. Her modesty and 'littlenes...
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Season 11
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Episode 20
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10:27
Nov 19 A radical thinker from Uruguay
Alberto Methol Ferrer is one of the most influential thinkers you have never heard of. He was a great friend of the current pope, and used to cross the Rio Grande from Uruguay to see him regularly in Buenos Aires. His thoughts on theology...
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Season 11
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Episode 19
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7:37
Nov 18 A little piece of heaven as St Peters is consecrated
St Peters Basilica is world famous and today it was consecrated in 1626
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Season 11
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Episode 18
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8:33
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Nov 17 Harald Bluetooth and Denmark's Baptismal Certificate, The Jelling Stones
Two remarkable stones tell us a lot of the beginning of Denmark as a nation state, brought together by Harald Bluetooth - the first Christian King. He united the feuding tribes which is why Bluetooth technology was named after him, unitin...
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Season 11
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Episode 17
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