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Feb 4, 2024 47 min

42 Bread: The Most Important Thing in Human history?

from Ex Umbris Hosted by St Isidore Chesterton Academy

In response to an extremely genuine and earnest student request, Scholarch McLarney and Schoolman Fawcett look at the "grammar of bread" through the lens of anthropology, history, theology, and Scripture. They consider its role in the rise of civilization, the symbolism involved in the process of baking bread, why the Hebrew word for "bread" seems to be related to the word for "war," and why Christ may have chosen it to become His Body. You'll never eat a sandwich the same way again after these reflections on the staff of life. Dr. Gerard McLarney and Mr. Brett Fawcett are teachers at St. Isidore ONLINE Chesterton Academy in Sherwood Park, AB Canada. SILC Chesterton Academy is a classical curriculum that combines a broad, liberal arts education with a strong emphasis on the development of Christian virtues and an appreciation of beauty. Through our Three Pillars Model, we form our students in: Intellect, Character and Spirituality. As part of a larger online outreach school with Elk Island Catholic Schools, St. Isidore aims to deliver a joyful Classical Catholic Education. #ChestertonAcademy #ChestertonSchoolNetwork #classicaleducation #catholiceducation #joyfulcatholic https://chesterton.eics.ab.ca/ https://silc.eics.ab.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/ChestertonSILC https://twitter.com/ChestertonSilc https://www.instagram.com/chestertonsilc/ https://www.youtube.com/@SILCChestertonAcademy/about

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