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She was a nun of noble birth. He, a heretic, a reformer... an outlaw of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 16th century, nun Katharina von Bora's fate fell no further than the Abbey. Until she read the writings of Martin Luther. His sweeping Catholic church reformation -- condemning a cloistered life and promoting the goodness of marriage -- awakened her desire for everything she'd been forbidden. Including Martin Luther himself. Despite the fact that...
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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found. Now remembered as the author of the world's most famous hymn, in the mid-18th century, as England and France stand on the brink of war, John Newton was a young sailor wandering aimlessly through life. His only duty was to report to his ship and avoid disgracing his father -- until the night he heard Polly Catlett's enchanting voice caroling. He was immediately...
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