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2.2 Ethiopia – Zara Yaqob

January 15, 2021 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

With Frumentius and Ezana, the Ethiopian church got off to a great start, but things did not stay that way.…

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2.1 Ethiopia – Frumentius and Ezana

November 23, 2020 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This next series we will be learning all about the church of Ethiopia. This church is far more ancient than…

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2.0 Intro to Season 2 & Mini Episode.

November 9, 2020 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

Welcome back! Yes, the podcast is coming back! Today’s episode is really just an update. I’ll introduce the new format…

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Filed under: Anglican, Church history, ethiopia, Hymnwriter

19 – Nicholas

December 18, 2019 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

While Rudolph may be the most famous reindeer of all, Nicholas very well might be the most famous saint of…

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Filed under: Christmas History, the real Santa Claus, the real St. Nicholas

18- Brigid, Columcille, and Columbanus

November 25, 2019 Eric Clausen 2d Comments

We continue our time in Ireland. Once Patrick was gone, the next generations would carry on his work. And before…

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Episode 17 – Patrick of Ireland

September 17, 2019 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

Everybody knows the name St. Patrick, but few people know about the actual man. While there are many legends around…

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Filed under: Church history, History of Ireland, History of Irish Christianity, the real st. patrick

Episode 16- Jean Gerson

August 26, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

You have probably never heard of Jean Gerson, and that is a shame. Most students of Church History do not…

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Episode 15 – Jan Hus

July 29, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

The fate of Jan Hus is a great tragedy in the history of the Church. He was an ardent follower…

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Episode 14 – John Wycliffe

June 10, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

John is known to some as the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” and to others, as the “Master of Error”.…

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Episode 13 – Christine de Pizan

May 13, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

It’s fitting this episode comes out the day after Mother’s day, as Christine was a good mother. She was also…

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Episode 12b – Guillaume de Machaut with Christian Guebert (Part 2)

April 29, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This is the second part of the interview with Christian, so don’t listen to it until you’ve finished Part 1.

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Episode 12a – Guillaume de Machaut with Christian Guebert (Part 1)

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Today is a special interview episode! My friend and PhD candidate Christian Guebert will join us to take a look…

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Episode 11 – Louis IX

April 1, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This episode we will learn about a king, known as “St. Louis”. Louis IX is one of only a few…

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Episode 10 – Francis of Assisi

March 11, 2019 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

Today we will learn about our most famous forebearer yet: Francis of Assisi, also known simply as St. Francis. He…

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Episode 9 – Hildegard of Bingen

February 22, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

Today we will discover a woman who defies categorization. Hildegard was a mystic, a theologian, an administrator, a composer, a…

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Episode 8 -Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim

January 28, 2019 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This episode we will discover the 10th Century playwright Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim. She is very distinguished as being both the…

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Episode 7 – Anselm of Canterbury

January 7, 2019 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

This episode we will jump ahead a little bit, to the 1000s. We’ll take a look at a great scholar,…

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Episode 6 – Cyril and Methodius

December 9, 2018 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This episode we will look at two missionary brothers in the mid 800s AD.  These two brothers were born in…

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Episode 5 – St. John of Damascus

November 21, 2018 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

In this episode we are going east, all the way to Syria.  Here we will meet John Mansur, more commonly…

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Episode 4 – Alcuin

October 29, 2018 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This episode we will look at Alcuin, the great teacher of Charlemagne’s court, and the key part of a mini…

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Episode 3 – Boniface and Leoba

October 8, 2018 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

This Episode we will look at a student of the schools and monasteries of Theodore, a missionary named Boniface.  He…

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Episode 2 – Augustine, Theodore, and Bede

October 4, 2018 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

This episode we will look at the missionary work that Gregory started in England last episode.  We will see how…

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Episode 1 – Gregory the Great

October 1, 2018 Eric Clausen Leave a comment

In this episode we look at Gregory the Great (540-604).  We’ll see how Gregory led the church from collapsing to…

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