The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

fullpanelsIn Episode 40, we will look at the history, symbolism and theology of a collection of 15th century paintings known as the Ghent Altarpiece and also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.

Link to National Public Radio story about the Ghent Altarpiece is here

Link to Amazon.com for Noah Charney’s book “Stealing the Mystic Lamb” on the history of the Ghent Altarpiece can be found here

Link to the Closer to Van Eyck website with detailed scans of all the panels of the Ghent Altarpiece can be found here

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The Prayer Call of 1784

Sutcliff-250x300In Episode 39, we will look at the history and text of the Prayer Call of 1784 which acted as a catalyst for a revival in Great Britain in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

The author of the Call, John Sutcliff is pictured here.

Link to a text of the Prayer Call of 1784 found here

Link to pdf article by Dr. Michael Haykin on the history surrounding the Prayer Call of 1784 found here

Link to lecture notes about the larger scale English church history leading up to 1784 found here

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Pensees by Blaise Pascal

pascalIn Episode 38, we will be exploring the book “Pensees” (French for “thoughts”) by the 17th century scientist, mathematician and theologian Blaise Pascal.

Link to several e-book formats of Pensees in addition to free mp3 files of the book at Christian Classics Ethereal Library can be found here.

 

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