The Authority with Joseph Pearce

Find out why 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer has been called the father of English literature, explore his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, and hear his plea for forgiveness and God's mercy for his works of worldly vanity. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know : https://bit.ly/3rlPDwG Poems Every Child Should Know : https://bit.ly/3NDPVqp The G...

Join Joseph Pearce on an adventure into King Arthur's Court as he explores the authority of the unnamed poet of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Beginning with a knight's beheading, transitioning to extreme tests of virtue, and concluding with confession and profoundly Catholic symbolism, episode seven of The Authority is a journey you don't want to miss! LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 F...

Find out why Joseph Pearce considers Dante the greatest poet of all time, the three ways The Divine Comedy teaches us who we are, and the scandalous myth that perpetuates academia teaching it wrong in episode six of The Authority. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know : https://bit.ly/3rlPDwG Poems Every Child Should Know : https://bit.ly/3NDPVqp Th...

Joseph Pearce explores the mystery of the Beowulf poet, why the author was likely a Benedictine monk, the heresy the poem was refuting at the time and why it's wildly relevant today, and how to correctly interpret one of the most magnificent and influential works in the history of English literature. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know : https://b...

Joseph Pearce investigates the authorship and authority of the Bible. Find out why Pearce calls the Bible a great literary text, how the Bible uses fiction as an effective literary device, and why we need to read the Bible on literal and allegorical levels. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know : https://bit.ly/3rlPDwG Poems Every Child Should Know...

Joseph Pearce explores the ancient Roman poet Virgil. Learn more about his most famous work, the Aeneid , that includes one of literature's greatest love affairs and an important development in theology. And find out the details of the controversial wishes in his last will and testament. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know : https://bit.ly/3rlPDwG...

Joseph Pearce examines the Greek playwright Sophocles and his iconic story of Oedipus. Even though Sophocles lived hundreds of years before Christ, learn how the themes of suffering and acceptance from Oedipus apply to the deepest tenets of Christianity, and why Pearce considers Sophocles the second greatest playwright of all time. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every...

To what degree was the Trojan War history or legend? And how does our living record of this era foreshadow the burgeoning "golden age" of Greek philosophy and subsequent Christian philosophy? The Greek epic poet Homer lived so long ago that we don't know very much about him. But we do have his timeless works, The Iliad and The Odyssey, to give us some astounding insights into both the man and the...

The Authority with Joseph Pearce is a podcast from TAN that introduces you to the men and women behind history's greatest works of literature. Come along every week as we explore these renowned authors, the times and genres in which they wrote, why scholars praise their writing, and how we, as Catholics, should read and understand their works. LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF:...