As Ethiopia entered the 20th Century, there was trouble and hope. After a brutal invasion of the Italians just before…
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Today the Lutheran Church in Ethiopia is the largest Lutheran Church body in the World. That is thanks to the…
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After Ethiopia survived near destruction at the hands of Gragn, a different battle began. Instead of a military battle, it…
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While Ethiopia had thrived under Zara Yaqob, it had dark days ahead. Ethiopia, always surrounded by hostile nations, would have…
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Estifanos (1380-1454) is sometimes known as Africa’s first protestant, even though he lived 70 years before the Reformation. He believed…
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With Frumentius and Ezana, the Ethiopian church got off to a great start, but things did not stay that way.…
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This next series we will be learning all about the church of Ethiopia. This church is far more ancient than…
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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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While Rudolph may be the most famous reindeer of all, Nicholas very well might be the most famous saint of…
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We continue our time in Ireland. Once Patrick was gone, the next generations would carry on his work. And before…
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Everybody knows the name St. Patrick, but few people know about the actual man. While there are many legends around…
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You have probably never heard of Jean Gerson, and that is a shame. Most students of Church History do not…
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The fate of Jan Hus is a great tragedy in the history of the Church. He was an ardent follower…
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John is known to some as the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” and to others, as the “Master of Error”.…
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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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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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Today is a special interview episode! My friend and PhD candidate Christian Guebert will join us to take a look…
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This episode we will learn about a king, known as “St. Louis”. Louis IX is one of only a few…
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Today we will learn about our most famous forebearer yet: Francis of Assisi, also known simply as St. Francis. He…
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Today we will discover a woman who defies categorization. Hildegard was a mystic, a theologian, an administrator, a composer, a…
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This episode we will discover the 10th Century playwright Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim. She is very distinguished as being both the…
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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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This episode we will look at two missionary brothers in the mid 800s AD. These two brothers were born in…
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In this episode we are going east, all the way to Syria. Here we will meet John Mansur, more commonly…
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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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This Episode we will look at a student of the schools and monasteries of Theodore, a missionary named Boniface. He…
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This episode we will look at the missionary work that Gregory started in England last episode. We will see how…
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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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