Episode Description
In this “Theology Unpacked” episode, Dr John Moffatt SJ explores how medieval Christianity was communicated and experienced through the everyday lives of ordinary people, offering glimpses of 14th-century society in Chaucer's colourful cast of characters alongside the Church's official vision of salvation.
He highlights the crucial work of the friars, whose preaching, drama, art, and pastoral presence brought Christian teaching into towns and marketplaces, while simple devotions such as the Rosary and the Angelus offered accessible forms of Christian mindfulness that helped ordinary believers enter more deeply into the story of Christ's incarnation, passion, and resurrection.
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