Patricks court sentence was a huge shocker and a first for its kind.  He was of royal stock, a Scottish man related to Stuart King James V.  He was well educated and everyone knew he was going to do g...  Read More

These brave Christians were the 1st to die as Protestants.  They were Augustinian monks, same as Martin Luther, who took to Luthers new found faith & freedoms. They would be the 1st to be killed for s...  Read More

We now are coming well out of the dark ages of the church and into the Reformation.  The days of renaissance.  Nobody played a bigger hand than Martin Luther, a German monk who later became a theologi...  Read More

Many of the churches greatest inspirational figures were quiet, introverts who really didn't care for attention.  Its as though, God gives them supernatural courage to do what us extroverts march towa...  Read More

Oldcastle was a friend of the king.  He served in the armies of the English King Henry IV, was a ladies man as was the king, and fought with swords.  He would come under the influence of a greater Kin...  Read More

Jerome was shaped by John Wycliffe, as many were at this time.  John translated the 1st english new testament and Jerome used that to translate into the Czech language. Jerome was a scholar and at the...  Read More

Jan Hus was from modern day Czech Republic. It was his mother who prompted him into the priesthood but he would take full responsibility for what came next. I will begin at his death because his death...  Read More

William was taught and brought up under John Wycliffe.  He was the most ablest among the preachers.  This group was called the Lollard's. Not much is known of William except his preaching days as a Ch...  Read More

Todays is a personal favorite of mine.  John Wycliffe lived & worked in the United Kingdom.  He was a theologian and one of the 1st church reformers. He was a back to the Bible guy.  He pushed back ag...  Read More

The Waldenses movement still exists to this day.  It is considered to be the 1st reformation, even before Calvin and Luther. A man by the name of Peter Waldo (Valdo) was its founder.  He was a wealthy...  Read More

There were actually 7 crusades and several various expeditions.  None of them truly were a success but there were short term victories.  These "holy wars" would last over 200 years.  They initially so...  Read More

I take a brief Segway to cover the conditions of the Roman Catholic church during the time of the Medieval church. This fight for political & religious power over people came to an explosive point in ...  Read More