Tim Byron

Enthusiastic amateur about many things

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@AndrewGold_ok Alisa Dmitrijeva was a student at Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech (20 miles from Sandringham). I know because I have taught there. She went missing after a New Year's party. I don't think she was trafficked. Please be careful about what you speculate on

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@BritishGas I've been told to send you this - Tim gave British Gas 1 star via @Trustpilot https://t.co/SZZzwT5mQb #trustpilot

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Listening to "Advent - Dec 2021" at https://t.co/70YxY2g00y @StRRCCollege

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Listening to "Advent - Dec 2021" at https://t.co/70YxY2g00y

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Could web designer Carlo Acutis from #Milan be declared the first millennial saint? https://t.co/EGnb3MSt4G #Italy #Saint

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The Japanese Diplomat who was taught English by a Baptist minister and got married in the Russian Orthodox Church saved many Jews from the holocaust in #Kaunas #Lithuania https://t.co/2ELvZG3xaV #Japan

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Queen Victoria kept Tennyson's In Memoriam by her bed to cope with the deep #grief that she felt after the death of her beloved Albert ... A #poem where #Tennyson deals with his own #faith and doubt after the death of a friend https://t.co/HTmNHdRP2l

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Awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize. lauded by many - Hated by some - Mother Teresa became a 'sign of contradiction' for her commitment to the poor https://t.co/xskZjxxN9K
#MC #MotherTeresa #India #Catholic #Saint

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#Uganda an ecumenism of Blood https://t.co/vApJz4Q97h #ecumenism #Lwanga #Martyr

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@emilykentsmith Can I send you a DM - enjoyed reading your article on Sunday

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#Rembrandt left some of his greatest paintings of biblical figures. His memories of his mother reading #bible stories to him every night were precious. His life like his #art was dramatic and bold https://t.co/Fpsg5FFSvy #Amsterdam

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A Scottish/Australian preacher J.A.Dowie calling himself the third #Elijah, started the Church of Zion in #Illinois - it is now one of the most popular in #Africa https://t.co/VooMfMpTYT #Chicago

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A national hero of #Hungary resisting both Nazis and Communists https://t.co/LqhDl7QB4m

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Romano #Guardini was one of the most creative thinkers of the 20th Century and a hugely influential #teacher I recommend his book The Lord to everyone ! https://t.co/aRSHgcvF6x
#Verona #Munich #Bavaria

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#Pope Leo was the first to be given the title 'The Great' and he is famous for turning around #Atilla the Hun and defeating #Manicheism https://t.co/mnNQG7qLB7

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The Obelisk that was in Nero's Circus is now in the middle of St Peters Square in #Rome and has become an icon of the #Vatican https://t.co/eMRwsvVDPs

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Teresa of Avila was proclaimed the first women doctor of the Church - an unusual combination of mysticism and steely pragmatism. A reformer in the face of much opposition. #Saint #Carmelite #Catholic #Spain https://t.co/435nVSmOxN

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At the start of the Civil War in 1861 - #President Abraham #Lincoln called for a national day of #prayer and fasting and 'public humiliation' .... by which I think he meant self-humbling .... food for thought in divided times https://t.co/ySnzdR5Vz7 #History #USA

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Rudolph #Otto quest to understand the encounter with The #Holy lead him to coin the term #numinous. His famous book was written during WW1 but his ideas have recently been taken up by neurotheologians such as Andrew #Newberg https://t.co/zqgNf1bWhS #theology

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Bede the Venerable, #Benedictine monk and father of post- Roman European #History - recorded the council of #Hertford which amongst other things laid down the practice for #weddings that has survived in Britain till very recently https://t.co/Z3vku3GvM2