
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 • 345 episodes
The Pearl of Great Price
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Oct 9 Fr Gabrielle Fallopio and Fallopian tubes
The man who ushered anatomy into the renaissance age after stagnating with 1300 years of Galen was Fr Gabrielle Fallopio. He gave his name to the Fallopian tube,
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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7:16

Oct 8 Japans Schindler's List
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania during the war, He had converted to Christianity for his first marriage - joining the Orthodox Church. He saved thousands of Jews by issuing them visas and this was only discovered ...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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10:27

Oct 7 Mother Teresa - sign of contradiction
Gallup claimed that she was by far the most admired person of the century after polling, and she won numerous prizes including the Nobel Peace Prize. She attracted thousands of young people to help her - but she also attracted some fierce, and ...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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13:40

Oct 6 Tennyson - Faith and Doubt In Memoriam
Today we remember the death of Poet Laurete Alfred Lord Tennyson. HIs poem In Memoriam helped Queen Victoria as she dealt with the grief of the death of Prince Albert. We look at it how it deals with faith and doubt
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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11:14

Oct 5 Uganda - an ecumenism of blood
Today after a terrible persecution with an assassinated Anglican archbishop and multiple murders of Catholics and Anglicans - Uganda installed a Christian government. The Ugandan martyrs are now celebrated every year by millions in a nati...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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9:34
