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November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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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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March 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Historically Speaking: The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #DonationofConstantine #EmperorConstantineI #PoperSylvesterI #CatholicChurch

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Historically Speaking: The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries - Sight Magazine
Scholar of medieval history VANESSA CORCORAN looks at the history of the document known as the 'Donation of Constantine'...
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September 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Historically Speaking: The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #churchandstate #disestablishment #separationofchurchandstate #philanthropy #USchurches

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Historically Speaking: The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive - Sight Magazine
THOMAS ADAM says his research shows the tradition of separating church and state was an engine for the growth of philanthropy...
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August 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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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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Historically Speaking: What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today - Sight Magazine
COREY DB WALKER says the way in which James Madison wrestled with tensions around religion and public life, can be "instructive"...
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March 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Historically Speaking: Before banks, nuns lent money – how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #nuns #convents #Vienna #nunsandfinances

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Historically Speaking: Before banks, nuns lent money - how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy - Sight Magazine
ANNA MOLNÁR looks at the communities of nuns who were some of the city’s most reliable financial operators during the Middle Ages...
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June 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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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: Flushing Remonstrance on display for first time in seven years at New York Public Library - Sight Magazine
FIONA ANDRÉ reports that the 17th-century letter is widely considered to have inspired the religious freedom clause in the First Amendment...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Bobby Davis’ importance to wrestling and Vince Sr’s plans, plus justifying
my college degree with some meta textual analysis of pro wrestling

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November 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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How did the New York Philharmonic, Don Imus, and Mil Mascaras all play the same venue in the summer of 75?

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August 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Historically Speaking: Why a 1,500‑year‑old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life
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Historically Speaking: Why a 1,500‑year‑old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life - Sight Magazine
Curators ED KRČMA and JESSICA BARKER look at how the the Rule of St Benedict might speak to people today...
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June 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Historically Speaking: Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #MartinLutherKingJr #LetterfromaBirminghamJail #MLK #BishopPayneLibrary #VirginiaTheologicalSeminary

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Historically Speaking: Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives - Sight Magazine
ADELLE M BANKS reports the version at Virginia Theological Seminary is not for sale, and staffers plan to seek the ways to make it public.
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June 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Historically Speaking: Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem.@sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #CaedmonsHymn #Bede #oldestpoeminOldEnglish #NationalCentralLibraryRome #TrinityCollege

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Historically Speaking: Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem - Sight Magazine
ANDREA ROSA reports on the rediscovery of a long-lost copy of the first poem written down in Old English - 'Caedmon's Hymn'...
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May 18, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Historically Speaking: Genome study reveals what happened after the Roman Empire fell. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #RomanEmpire #genome #Germany #JohannesGutenbergUniversityMainz #Mainz #Regensburg #Trier #Cologne #falloftheRomanEmpire

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May 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Historically Speaking: New discovery solves mystery of the location of Shakespeare’s London house. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #WilliamShakespeare #London

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Historically Speaking: New discovery solves mystery of the location of Shakespeare's London house - Sight Magazine
JILL LAWLESS, of Associated Press, reports from London on what new research has unearthed...
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April 22, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Historically Speaking: Trump’s clash with the Pope re-enacts a 1,000‑year‑old question – What happens when sacred and secular power collide? @sightmagazine.bsky.social #HistoricallySpeaking #PopeLeoXIV #DonaldTrump #popes #PopeGelasiusI #Charlemagne

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Historically Speaking: Trump’s clash with the Pope re-enacts a 1,000‑year‑old question - What happens when sacred and secular power collide? - Sight Magazine
Historian JOËLLE ROLLO-KOSTER says conflicts between popes and secular rulers are a "durable feature of Western history"...
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April 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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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: Lost remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan may have been found in Dutch church - Sight Magazine
TOBY STERLING, of Reuters, reports that the grave of the celebrated Frenchman may have been found under a Dutch church...
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March 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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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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January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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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: The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America - Sight Magazine
CHRISTIAN GOODWILLIE, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the history of the Shaker movement...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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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: Rare fresco of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' uncovered in Turkish town visited by the Pope - Sight Magazine
MEHMET GUZEL and ANDREW WILKS report on the discovery of a rare fresco where Jesus is portrayed with distinctly Roman attributes...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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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: Why one 16th-century theologian’s advice for a bitterly divided nation holds true today - Sight Magazine
Historian MICHAEL BRUENING looks at how 16th century French theologian Sebastian Castellio speaks to today's divisions...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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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: Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown - Sight Magazine
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM reports from Salt Lake City on the finds found in the walls of the 101-year-old Japanese Church of Christ...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM