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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.
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20. Jan 20 - Communist Russia & Christianity
08:10||Season 1, Ep. 20Today in 1918 we remember how the Bolshevik-controlled government in Russia enacted the Decree that proclaimed the separation of church and state . This effectively meant that all church property in Russia was confiscated and all religious instruction in schools was abolished.
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19. Jan 19 - Premiere of Goethe's Faust
06:35||Season 1, Ep. 19Today in 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust receives its premiere performance, we look at the story behind the greatest work of German Literature.
18. Jan 18 - Final Session of Trent Opens
04:56||Season 1, Ep. 18The final session of the Council of Trent opened today in 1562. This would define Catholicism for the next four hundred years, a sadly mark the definite rupture with Protestantism.
17. Jan 17 - Baptising Children in Switzerland
06:08||Season 1, Ep. 17Today in 1525, the Zurich City Council arranged a public debate between Ulrich Zwingli and the Anabaptists who were opposed to infant Baptism. In reality there was more at stake than baptism,
15. Jan 15 James Naismith invents Basketball
06:14||Season 1, Ep. 15Today in 1892 chaplain and teacher James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in Massachusetts. This is the story.
16. Jan 16 - The Medici become the Popes Bankers
05:10||Season 1, Ep. 16Its 1412, The church is divided into three claims to the papacy, and the Medici become the Pope's bankers and one of the most powerful families in Europe
14. Jan 14 - Albert Schweitzer
08:54||Season 1, Ep. 14The remarkable life and faith of Albert Schweitzer, who was born today in 1875