Great Catholic Converts and Catholic literary revival: from Chesterton to the Royal Family (and the recent changes in Royal succession); Beatifications and Canonizations of Catholic Martyrs from 1535 to 1681 by Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul I

October 13, 2012 – Emancipation At Last

Oct 13th, 2012 58m 9s

Four important years: 1) 1829: Catholic Emancipation–Catholics at last able to vote, worship freely, 2) 1845: John Henry Newman becomes a Catholic–harbinger of wave of Oxford Movement converts 3) 1850: Restoration of the Hierarchy–Catholic revi

October 6, 2012 – The Long Eighteenth Century

Oct 6th, 2012 58m 46s

The Glorious Revolution of 1688–desposition of the last Catholic King of England, James II: Catholic low point from 1688 to 1829; demonstrate how Catholics were second-class citizens, neither tolerated nor persecuted, obscure and isolated. Desc

September 29, 2012 – Puritans and Stuarts

Sep 29th, 2012 57m 40s

Highlight the religious conflict in England leading to the English Civil War; describe the Puritan Experiment in government, including its attack on Christmas. Describe the great religious crisis of the Popish Plot during the reign of the resto

September 15, 2012 – Queen Elizabeth 1, Part II

Sep 15th, 2012 57m 57s

Explain the two great dangers to Elizabeth and how they affected Catholics: her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots and the Spanish Armada (plots led by Catholics to depose Elizabeth and replace her with Mary on England’s throne and the Catholic

September 8, 2012 – Queen Elizabeth I, Part I

Sep 8th, 2012 58m 50s

Describe the legislation that established the Church of England as a via media compromise between Calvinism and Catholicism (The Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-Nine Articles). Catholic Reaction: The Northern Rebellion.The controversial ex

September 1, 2012 – England Reunites with Rome

Sep 1st, 2012 58m 51s

The failure of Lady Jane Grey’s reign; the succession of Mary, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s daughter. The controversy over the burning of heretics during Mary I’s reign; her efforts to restore Catholicism more positively: the efforts of

August 25, 2012 – The Protestant Reformation Comes to England

Aug 25th, 2012 57m 35s

Calvinism in England during the reign of Edward VI; the influence of Continental Reformers; Thomas Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer; popular reaction and rebellion. Discuss Edward VI and his position as a young king trying to control his o

August 18, 2012 – The Break From Rome

Aug 18th, 2012 56m 50s

Tell the story of why Henry VIII broke away from the Holy Father in Rome and established the Church of England with himself as the Supreme Head and Governor; describe the first martyrs (the Carthusians, Thomas More, John Fisher, etc); the Disso

August 11, 2012 – Before the English Reformation

Aug 11th, 2012 58m 27s

Brief notes on changing interpretation of the English Reformation in historical studies. Description of the Catholic Church in England before the Reformation/Break from Rome: based on landmark study by Eamon Duffy, note the vitality and integra

August 4, 2012 – The English Reformation Today: Why Is It Relevant?

Aug 4th, 2012 56m 55s

Relevance of the English Reformation for religious freedom issues in the United States (and around the world) today, including the HHS Mandate; context for the Personal Ordinariate established by Pope Benedict XVI for groups of Anglicans wishin

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