Historically Speaking: Lost remains of French musketeer d’Artagnan may have been found in Dutch church. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #Maastricht #CharlesdeBatzdeCastelmoredArtagnan #TheThreeMusketeers #PeterandPaulChurchMaastricht
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Historically Speaking: What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #JamesMadison #religiousfreedom #religioustolerance #ReligiousLibertyCommission #US #USConstitution
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“Where have I heard this before?”
Every war the United States has prosecuted appears to have this very same rhythm. But...
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Historically Speaking: The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #AugustusTolton #firstBlackCatholicpriest
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Historically Speaking: The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #Shakers #Shakermovement #TheTestamentofAnnLee #AnnLee
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Historically Speaking: Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the Pope. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #depictionsofJesus #Iznik #Turkey #Hisardere #archaeology #JesustheGoodShepherd
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Historically Speaking: Why one 16th-century theologian’s advice for a bitterly divided nation holds true today. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #SebastianCastellio #JohnCalvin #France #Protestants #Catholics #MichaelServetus
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Historically Speaking: Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #SaltLakeCity #JapaneseChurchofChristSaltLakeCity #JapaneseintheUS #SaltLakeCityJapantown
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Historically Speaking: A mission field at home – how Christian America welcomed its first Chinese immigrants. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #Chineseimmigrants #MichaelLuo #StrangersintheLand #TiMTseng #DerekChang #racism
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Historically Speaking: After 800 years of silence, the oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds once more. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #JerusalemOldCity #Crusades #oldestorgan #DavidCatalunya #InstitutoComplutenseDeCienciasMusicales
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Historically Speaking: Pilgrims, or posers? How medieval satire exposed people who lied about their travels to Rome and the Holy Land. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #pilgrims #CaminodeSantiago #medievalpilgrims #tourism
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Historically Speaking: Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists’ commitment to abolition @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #AmericanBaptists #slavery #abolitionists #JenniferCromack #AmericanBaptistChurchesofMassachusetts
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Historically Speaking: Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #FirstBaptistChurchofWilliamsburg #oldestBlackchurchinUS #Virginia #PastorReginaldFDavis #GowanPamphlet
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Historically Speaking: Vatican officials turn out for restored papal tomb of once-exiled St Eusebius. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #Vatican #CatholicChurch #popes #StEusebius #CatacombsofStCallistus #CardinalPietroParolin #StCecelia
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Historically Speaking: A roofless palace in Italy’s Viterbo hosted the first and longest conclave. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #papalconclaves #CatholicChurch #papacy #Viterbo #longestconclave #PopeGregoryX
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Historically Speaking: A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #violinofhope #WorldWarII #Dachau #FranciszekFranzKempa #Hungary
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Historically Speaking: Flushing Remonstrance on display for first time in seven years at New York Public Library. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #FlushingRemonstrance #USFirstAmendment #NewYorkPublicLibrary #NewYorkCityLandmarks #Quakers
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Historically Speaking: How Spanish King became last hope for missing World War I soldiers’ relatives. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #Spain #WorldWarI #KingAlfonsoXIII #JuanJoseAlonso #RoyalPalacearchives #GiacomoPuccini #RudyardKipling
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