Historical Jesus

STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 Join me on an exciting historical journey to the tropical Island Paradise of The Bahamas, where Christopher Columbus first landed in 1492. Enjoy this HISTORICAL JESUS Extra. Check out the YouTube versions of this episode which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams, at: https://youtu.be/alomkrbsJ2I   https://youtu.be...

STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 In 1628, an English fleet left Britain for the St. Lawrence River led by the adventurer privateer Kirke Brothers. Samuel de Champlain, anxiously awaited relief ships from France to feed the residents of Quebec who were on the point of starvation. In 1629, the five Kirke brothers, now aware of the desperate conditions facing the Quebecers, demanded a French surrender of the fort...

Vatican Treaty reshapes the World in 1494. (Treaty of Tordesillas part 3 of 3). Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/YFBFfewgRr0 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. History of the Papacy podcast available at https://amzn.to/3A2Stb9      Treaty of Tordesilla...

The long-standing tradition of dedicating the month of May to the Virgin Mary began in the 13th century, though it became widely popular in the 1700s, particularly through the influence of the Jesuits. This month-long devotion's origins and historical development emphasized a christian custom that honors her as the Mother of God and Mother of the Church and highlights her role in salvation history...

As part of a group of French nuns sent to New France in 1639 to establish the Ursuline Order, Sainte Marie de l'Incarnation was crucial in the spread of Catholicism in New France. She was a religious author and has been credited with founding the first girls' school in the New World. Her feast day is April 30. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/FIKZ7JF2WlQ  whic...

Born in Tuscany, in central Italy, St. Catherine of Siena was an Italian mystic, pious laywoman (Dominican Tertiary), and diplomat who engaged in papal politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. She is revered as a Doctor of the Church due to her extensive theological authorship, which also greatly influenced early Italian vernacular literature. Classic paintings of this influential C...

Pontifical Pact divides the World between Spain and Portugal in 1494. (Treaty of Tordesillas part 2 of 3). Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation!  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/aJOzFwtg2vg which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. History of the Papacy podcast available at https://amzn.to/3A2Stb9  ...

A history of the Papacy reveals the controversial 15th century pontificate treaty that divided the World between two European superpowers. (Treaty of Tordesillas part 1 of 3). Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation!  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/NPLdlRG5BOM which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Histo...

We continue the Gospel of Mark's fast-moving account of the fascinating life of Jesus of Nazareth. Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn.to/3X3m9Ba Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                &nb...

Venerated today in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Anglican traditions, the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist is marked by reading the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark, which is the earliest extant Testament and the second and shortest of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels. Breathe Bible Audio CD available at https://amzn.to/3CPRa4x Gospel of Mark avail...

Celebrated on April 25th in the Roman Catholic, Protestant Anglican, and Orthodox traditions, Saint Mark's Day is often marked by reading the Gospel of Mark, which is the shortest of the four Gospels and focuses on Jesus as a man of action. In some traditions, particularly in Venice, where he is the patron saint, the Feast of St. Mark is a day of festive celebrations, including the custom of givin...

April 23 is the Feast day of Saint George, the anniversary of his death in 303 AD (some regions & traditions observe St. George’s Day on May 6). While most famous as a heroic Dragon slayer, the patron saint of England, St. George, is also traditionally honored as a patron of Canada, Georgia, Ethiopia, Portugal, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, and Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vener...

MIRACLES — "A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household". Jesus said this in Nazareth, where he was rejected by his family and neighbors. The people of his home town knew Jesus well, but they didn't believe who he was. They called him "the son of Mary" to reject his virgin birth and Messianic claims. Jesus was unable to perform mira...

Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-80) was born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York State. Influenced by French Jesuit missionaries and converted to Catholicism at age 19, and after taking a vow of perpetual virginity, she left her village, and moved to the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, just south of Montreal, Canada. There she died five years later, respected for her piety an...

The Great Lakes and the Upper Mississippi regions were explored by young Jesuit clergyman known as ‘God’s Soldiers’ who evangelized indigenous peoples throughout the vast territories of 17th century New France. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation!  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/CwXHrU3llxw  which has accompanying visuals including maps, ch...

Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons were ritually tortured and killed on various dates between 1642-49 in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquioan tribes the Mohawk and the Huron. They have subsequently been canonized and venerated as the Canadian or North American martyrs by the Catholic Church (René Goupi...

We continue the Gospel of Mark's fast-moving account of the fascinating life of Jesus of Nazareth. Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn.to/3X3m9Ba Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                &nb...

We continue the Gospel of Mark's fast-moving account of the fascinating life of Jesus of Nazareth. Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible available at https://amzn.to/4i2XdlE   John Stange books available at https://amzn.to/41DS9hR ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on  https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing an...

STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 Mike Corradi of ‘A History of Italy’ podcast joins Mark to discuss Genoa, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. Enjoy this encore presentation of HISTORICAL JESUS Extra. Check out the YouTube versions of this episode which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams, at: https://youtu.be/QqJ-6PHVJBU https://youtu...

STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 26th American President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) nearly died in a Cavalry charge against German machine guns in World War One. Check out the YouTube versions of this episode at https://youtu.be/2k2w9Jbeuls and https://youtu.be/Lfnr9-bjrQ0 which have accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. History Unplugged podcast avail...

Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York State, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-80) and her family contracted smallpox in an epidemic; she was the only one of the family to survive, but had scarring on her face. She was influenced by French Jesuit missionaries and converted to Catholicism at age 19. After taking a vow of perpetual virginity, she left her village, and moved t...

Celebrated annually on April 16 as a solemn feast day, the anniversary of Bernadette Soubirous' death in 1879. The Immaculate Conception’s observance began with a Papal encyclical by Pope Pius IX, when he formally defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. The Immaculate Conception is the dogma that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. This doctrine states that Ma...

Bernadette Soubirous' feast day is April 16 , the anniversary of her death in 1879. The Virgin Mary gave her name to a 14-year old girl near Lourdes, stating: "I am the Immaculate Conception." Lourdes is a town in southwestern France, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. It’s known for the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Lourdes, a major Catholic pilgrimage site. Each year, millions visit...

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) gives us one of the first historical treatments of the life of Jesus in his pioneering book (1906) that reviews all prior work on the question of the "historical Jesus" and points out how Jesus of Nazareth's image has changed with the times—while offering his own synopsis and interpretation in this seminal work of biblical criticism. Quest of the Historical Jesu...

The Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 25) relates Jesus' teachings of the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids, also known as the Parable of the Ten Virgins, comparing the kingdom of heaven to ten bridesmaids waiting for a bridegroom. The parable teaches that people should always be prepared and watchful for the coming of Christ.  Hearing Jesus podcast available at https://amzn.to/3QLEpee Rachel Grohl boo...