Glad Tidings
In the quietness of an enclosed garden filled with symbolic plants, or glimpsed inside a sturdy house, a young woman reads quietly, blissfully unaware that her life is about to change. Not just her life, but that of the western…
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The Cathars
Before thinking about the Cathars we need to ask what was heresy and why did it matter? Amongst all the sometimes crazy heresies of the C12th and C13th, the Cathars stand out as the most significant, not least because they…
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The Second or Third Coming?
When we think of the history of the Church in the British Isles, it’s natural to focus on the most famous events and people: the murder of Thomas Becket, the building of our great cathedrals, Henry VIII and the Reformation…