Sep 25 Rudolph Otto and the Idea of the Holy
Today in 1869 we remember the birth near Hannover in Germany of Rudolph Otto. He is now regarded as one of the most influential...
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Pearl of Great Price
- Aug 29, 2021
- 8 min
Aug 26 Nietzsche and the 'murder' of God
Today in 1900 the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche died. The last ten years of his life had been filled with unhappiness...
Pearl of Great Price
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
August 20 Bultmann and Demythologisation
Today we travel to Germany where the influential Lutheran theologian Rudolf Karl Bultmann was born in 1884. One of the pioneers of the...
Pearl of Great Price
- Aug 7, 2021
- 5 min
Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's Leap of Faith
The father of Soren Kierkergaard died today age 82. Kierkegaard wrote in his diary: "My father died on Wednesday (the 8th) at 2:00 a.m. I...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach
Today in 1750 the body of Johan Sebastian Bach was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the churchyard of St. John’s, Leipzig. The...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jul 27, 2021
- 6 min
July 27 Bonhoeffers Parents find out he is dead through the BBC
Today Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, parents learnt of his execution by Nazis at Flossenberg concentration camp through a radio broadcast from...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jun 9, 2021
- 6 min
June 10 Von Harnack, Theology of Culture and the Jesus of History
Today we remember the death of Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack , an influential German theologian and historian; who had a huge impact on...
Pearl of Great Price
- May 29, 2021
- 3 min
May 30 The Confessing Church resisting the Nazis
Today in 1934 the first synod of the Confessing Church ended. They issued the important Barmen Declaration. An important and brave...
Pearl of Great Price
- May 24, 2021
- 6 min
May 25 The Ecumenical Imperative
it’s the 25th of May and on this day in Christian History we go back to year 1995 and travel to Rome where Ut Unum Sint, the first...
Pearl of Great Price
- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
Apr 19 Reformers become Protestants
In 1526 at the Diet (assembly) of Speyer the reformers became protestants. Today we look at how that happened and what that means. What...
Pearl of Great Price
- Apr 7, 2021
- 5 min
Apr 8 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Nazis
Today we take the dark journey back to 1945 and travel to Germany and the Flossenbürg concentration camp. The theologian Dietrich...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 21 - World Council of Churches
Today we go back to year 1991 and travel to Canberra in Australia, and the closing of the 7th assembly of the World Council of Churches. ...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 19 A Copernican Revolution
Today in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the Kingdom of Poland. A mathematician, astronomer, and priest - he profoundly changed the...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 17 Ash Wednesday
Today Christians all over the world mark the first day of Lent as Ash Wednesday. The ritual of 'ashing' the forehead replaces the normal...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Feb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday
Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 1, 2021
- 6 min
Feb 1 - Translating the Bible
Today we remember the life and work of Erasmus the Dutch priest and 'Prince amongst Humanists'. This is the day in 1516 he dedicated his...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife
Today in 1552 Katharina von Bora was born, she became known as the ‘Lutheress’ because at the age of 26 she was to marry the reformer...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jan 30, 2021
- 3 min
Jan 23 - The Netherlands Splits
Today in 1579 a treaty was signed by Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and the province (but not the city) of Groningen which effectively split...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
Jan 19 - Premiere of Goethe's Faust
Today in 1829, Germany saw the premiere of Faust. A tragedy in two parts, Goethe's Faust is considered to be the greatest work in German...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Jan 18 - Council of Trent and the counter-reformation
Today the third and final session of the Council of Trent opened. An ecumenical council as opposed to a local council it would prove ...