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The Ermenfrid Penitential: A Serial

The Ermenfrid Penitential: A Serial

By The Ermenfrid Penitential: A S

Thirteen Iraq War Veterans are on a journey back to Baghdad. Each pilgrim’s tale corresponds to a mysterious medieval penitential, whose author has a story of his own.
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The Ermenfrid Penitential: A SerialSep 03, 2018

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Inoculation: A Short Story

Inoculation: A Short Story

Could we inoculate soldiers from moral injury
Dec 15, 202013:58
The Book of Horrors: A Short Story

The Book of Horrors: A Short Story

If you found the book of horrors would you open it?
Dec 10, 202014:44
Episode 15: Author’s Thoughts on Writing and Theology
Sep 03, 201816:48
Episode 14: Daniel’s Tale

Episode 14: Daniel’s Tale

The violation of churches was treated likewise, and those who stole from churches were to make such restitution as they could. Trafficking in the spoils of churches was prohibited.
Sep 03, 201859:49
Episode 13: Robert’s Tale

Episode 13: Robert’s Tale

Those who committed adulteries, rapes and fornications were to do penance as if they had sinned in their own country.
Sep 03, 201835:20
Episode 12: John’s Tale

Episode 12: John’s Tale

Those who killed men must do the full penance for common homicide wilfully committed, but with the exception that, if the man who was killed or wounded was in arms against the king, the penance was to be the reduced one of those who had actually killed or wounded men in the battle of Hastings.
Sep 03, 201840:42
Episode 11: Joshua's Tale (with narrator Demetrius Anderson)

Episode 11: Joshua's Tale (with narrator Demetrius Anderson)

If, however, they were out for plunder and not for food, they were to do three years' penance for each man.
Sep 03, 201843:15
Episode 10: Matthew’s Tale

Episode 10: Matthew’s Tale

“Those who killed men in the face of resistance while they were foraging for food were to do a year’s penance for each man; that is, they were to be treated as through they had killed men in the battle of Hastings.”
Sep 03, 201837:35
Episode 9: Amanda's Tale

Episode 9: Amanda's Tale

Those who fought as in a public war were assigned a penance of three years by the bishops, out of mercy.
Sep 03, 201828:09
Episode 8: James’ Tale

Episode 8: James’ Tale

Those who were prompted merely by personal gain owed the full penance which was appropriate for common homicide.
Sep 03, 201842:33
Episode 7: Steve’s “Chaps” Tale

Episode 7: Steve’s “Chaps” Tale

Clerks and monks who had fought or carried arms were to be dealt with according to the canons of the Church or their rule, as though they had sinned in their own land (s).
Sep 03, 201842:31
Episode 6: Jennifer’s Tale (with Kristine Otero)

Episode 6: Jennifer’s Tale (with Kristine Otero)

Archers who had killed or wounded others, but who, by the nature of their weapons, could not know the number, were to do penance for three Lents.
Sep 03, 201847:47
Episode 5: Oscar’s Tale

Episode 5: Oscar’s Tale

Anyone who had not actually struck a man, but, nonetheless, had willed to do so, was to do three days' penance.
Sep 03, 201843:10
Episode 4: Jason’s Tale
Sep 03, 201847:19
Episode 3: Christopher’s Tale

Episode 3: Christopher’s Tale

Anyone who had wounded a man, but did not know whether or not he had killed him, was to do forty days' penance for each man whom he could remember.
Sep 03, 201801:03:47
Episode 2: Michael's Tale

Episode 2: Michael's Tale

Anyone who knew that he had killed a man was to do one year's penance for each man whom he had killed
Sep 03, 201801:00:12
Episode 1: Forword and Opening

Episode 1: Forword and Opening

Opening song, "Lion’s Den" by Stephanie Marterre
Sep 03, 201801:00:12