It is Written
Canada television program.
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My name is Bill Santos.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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You know, earlier this year,
I had the awesome privilege of
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visiting Portugal.
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And while there, our crew taped
a program that we're going to
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show you right now.
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I hope you enjoy It is
Written live from Portugal.
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>>Bill: I want to welcome
you to this week's program.
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We are coming to you from what
is referred to as the Iberian
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Peninsula, more specifically
the nation of Portugal.
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On today's program, The Birth
of A Nation - It Is Written from
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Portugal, begins right now .
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I am so happy that
you joined us this week.
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As I mentioned in the
introduction we are in Portugal
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taping special
episodes of our program.
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This is a real thrill for me to
be here in Portugal because it
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is the birthplace of my parents.
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My mom and dad were born in
Portugal and in 1958 they
immigrated to Canada,
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my brother and I were both born
in Canada in Toronto - but we
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have never lost the connection
to our Portuguese roots and
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heritage. On today's program I
want to share with you some of
the incredible history of
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this nation.
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Portugal happens to be one
of the oldest nations in Europe.
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Portugal has been an
independent nation since 1143.
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In about 1000 BC the Celtic
peoples entered the Iberian
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Peninsula. They were skilled
ironworkers and goldsmiths and
they cremated their
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dead.
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They integrated with the
indigenous inhabitants who were
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already known as "Iberians",
thus some early writers referred
to these newcomers as
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"Celtiberians".
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In the northern forests of
Iberia they found everything
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necessary for their animals, and
evidence of the importance of
herding is found in the
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large number of granite
sculptures of certain animals,
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especially pigs, that
are present in the area.
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These pigs are said to have
been associated with fertility,
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authority and power.
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The veneration of animals was
not unique to the Iberian Celts,
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since Irish Celts also kept
sacred cattle, and "royal" oxen,
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swine and sheep. Well the Celts
lived in villages like this one
of round stone houses - these
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fortified settlements
were called "castros".
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This embryo of a town, in the
rough design of a Celtic castro,
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is more than two
thousand years old.
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This settlement was protected by
walls, and there were also sheds
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for the cattle.
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This place is called Citânia de
Briteiros it is one of the most
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interesting examples of the
castro culture that developed in
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the Iberian Peninsula
in the second century BC.
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These settlements were situated
at great heights so their
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inhabitants could keep
watch for potential invaders.
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Many of Portugal's present
cities have their origins in
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these castros. Evora is one
of Portugal's finest and most
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delightful towns. It is a true
open-air museum with a large
number of wonderfully preserved
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monuments and buildings of
public interest that led UNESCO
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to protect it as a
World Heritage Site.
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Each age has left
its trace on Evora.
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It was the Celts who named it
Ebora and the Romans gave it its
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most famous landmark,
the Roman Temple of Diana.
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Dating from the 2nd century,
it is one of the Iberian
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Peninsula's best preserved Roman
monuments, raised on a 3m high
stone platform, with 14 of the
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original 18 granite Corinthian
columns still standing.
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The Romans overran Gaul (today's
France) in seven years, but it
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took them almost two centuries
to completely take over Iberia.
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The Romans settled everywhere,
but their numbers in the north
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were comparatively small.
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The south was more to their
liking, which was better for
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growing wheat,
olives, and grapes.
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They eventually imposed
their language upon the entire
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peninsula, and their code of law
was applied, which was also
ultimately formed the
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basis of the
Portuguese legal code.
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Forums, temples and law
courts were built in the cities,
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large-scale
agriculture was conducted.
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Roads and bridges (still in
evidence throughout Portugal)
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were created, as well as a
system of large farming estates
called Latifundios still seen in
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the area of Alentejo.
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This here is Conímbriga, the
best-preserved Roman ruins in
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Portugal, the largest
Roman settlement in Portugal.
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Conímbriga was built in layers,
and some of the earliest layers
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date back to
the 9th century B.C.
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The Romans arrived in the
2nd century A.D., conquering the
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Celtic inhabitants and
establishing a city that grew
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and flourished. The life of the
Romans in Conímbriga can be
traced in the house of Cantaber,
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the residence of a nobleman and
one of the largest houses ever
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discovered in the
western Roman empire.
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The opulent villa included its
own bathing complex, a
sophisticated heating
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system,
ornamental pools and gardens.
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The mosaics here on this entire
site are in almost-perfect
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condition, which, incredibly,
they are detailed and colourful
designs that include
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motifs of beasts and hunting
scenes and mythological themes.
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There are also ruins of the
temples, a forum, an aqueduct,
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water conduits, drains, an
elaborate piping system that
heated the town's public and
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private bathrooms.
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Conímbriga was destroyed during
the Barbarian Invasions in 468
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A.D. The first hordes of
Barbarians, the Suevi and the
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Vandals, they penetrated the
peninsula in around 409 A.D.,
with the Suevi, who settled
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predominantly in the North and
Northwest, making what is now
the Portuguese city
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of Braga as their capital.
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Now, the German rulers
didn't completely sweep away the
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Romans. You see, they maintained
certain parts of their
civilization, which they
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had come to admire.
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Now, visibly, you could
tell them apart very easily.
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The Germans tended not to
cut their hair, while the Romans
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would definitely clip theirs.
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Probably the greatest
contribution made by the Suevi
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was in the area of land usage
and the introduction of the
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quadrangular plow. As mentioned
earlier, the Suevi, who
maintained residences in the
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North and Northwest, did so
because there, the climate and
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the soil was more conducive
to the kinds of crops that they
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would grow. In 516 it was
the turn of the Visigoths.
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The Visigoths were commissioned
to expel the other Barbarians.
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They soon overpowered both the
Alans and the Vandals, but the
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suppression of the Suevi proved
no easy matter,and it was not
until 585 that this was
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accomplished.
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The Visigoths then dominated
the region but only for a little
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more than a
century, roughly until 711.
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Now we are standing at the ruin
of an old Visigothic temple - a
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chapel from the 7th century.
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It is called the Igreja da Sao
Joao -- the church of Sao Joao.
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It is believed to be one of the
oldest in all of Portugal and it
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is a classic example of
Visigothic architecture.
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In 632 AD, after the death of
the Prophet Mohammed his
followers undertook a
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program of world conquest
in the name of Allah and Islam.
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By 700, their forces swept
across North Africa and subdued
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Morocco. They crossed into what
is now Spain in 711, and over
the years subjugated
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almost the entire
peninsula with incredible speed.
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However, as opposed to the
previous invaders of Iberia,
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these Muslims (who were named
"Moors" by the Christians) chose
to settle mostly in the
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south.
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We are here in
the town of Sintra.
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And here in the town of Sintra
you have the castle of the
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Moores. Or what the Portuguese
call castelo da moores.
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It's located at the top of
the hill and it's a symbol that
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denotes Muslim and
Islamic domination in Portugal.
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With the Moors came
some technical advances.
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The Moors fortified several
cities, works of irrigation from
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Roman days were restored and
perfected, water power was used
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to drive milling machinery and
the use of linen paper made the
multiplication of books
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much easier than in the
days of parchment rolls.
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As a result,
literacy was widespread.
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Christians continuously tried to
get rid of the Moores, and the
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first attempt is said to have
been as early as ten years after
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their invasion. This was when a
man named Pelagio won the first
Christian victory against
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the hated invaders
in the north of Iberia.
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Though the military significance
was small at the time, it lifted
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Christian morale.
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Over the years, the Christians
re-conquered several areas from
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north to south of the peninsula.
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In 1095 Alfonso VI of Leon,
decided to bring this region
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under more direct
control of his family.
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To Urraca, his legitimate
daughter he assigned Galicia, as
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far south as Lima.
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She had married Raymond, son of
the Count of Burgundy, thereby
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establishing a link
with the kings of France.
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The Portucalense County he gave
to his illegitimate daughter,
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Dona Teresa, married to
Henrique, also from the House of
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Burgundy. From her patrimony and
dynasty the future Portuguese
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monarchy directly descended.
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Now this here is the castle
at Guimaraes - it is very likely
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that this was the residence of
Count Henrique and the
birthplace of his son
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Afonso Henriques.
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On the death of her husband,
Count Henrique, Dona Teresa
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attempted to rule the
Portucalense County herself,
assuming the title of queen.
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She had her eye on Galicia
and to that end she married a
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Galician nobleman by the name
of Count Fernao Peres de Trava.
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The Portucalense nobility feared
they might become subject to the
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Galicians; many of the leading
nobles took up arms against Dona
Teresa - the opposition
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forces were led by her
son Dom Afonso Henriques.
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In June of 1128 the two parties
met on this field for the Battle
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of Sao Mamede.
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The Portucalense
were the victors.
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Dom Afonso Henriques expelled
his mother and her consort, and
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took over the
reins of the government.
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This place marks the
birthplace of Portugal!
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The 57 year reign of Dom Afonso
Henriques provided continuity
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and a firm basis for his State.
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He was peacefully succeeded by
his eldest son Dom Sancho I - he
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gained the nickname "O Povoador"
meaning he encouraged land
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settlement.
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He continued his father's policy
of administering the new kingdom
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through councils elected by the
principal towns and villages.
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Now right behind me, this is
the monastery of Santa Cruz in
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Coimbra. Construction began in
1131 under the patronage of Dom
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Afonso Henriques. Among some of
the famous scholars of the
monastery school was St Anthony
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of Lisbon, who joined the
Franciscan order at Coimbra.
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The king also commissioned royal
tombs - And today, the bodies of
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Afonso Henriques and Sancho
I, the first kings of Portugal,
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rest here. One last story before
we close - "Agora é tarde; Inês
é morta" ("It's too
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late; Inês is dead") is
a Portuguese saying used in
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everyday life. It has been in
use for more than 550 years - it
refers to one of the most
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tragic heroines of
Portuguese history.
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Inês Pérez de Castro was the
daughter of the powerful Pedro
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Fernandes de Castro, an
illegitimate grandson of King
Sancho IV of Castile.
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She arrived in Portugal in
1340 as a lady-in-waiting to her
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cousin, Princes Constança of
Castile, who was to marry the
heir to the Portuguese throne,
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Dom Pedro (son of
King Dom Afonso IV).
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But immediately the crown prince
set his eyes on Inês' and fell
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in love with her.
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Dom Pedro married the
Castilian Princes in 1340.
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But on 13 November 1345, she
died, shortly after giving birth
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to her third child,
Prince Dom Fernando.
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Since he was no longer married,
Dom Pedro went after Inês,
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brought her back to Portugal and
they settled her in Coimbra,
where they would live
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together openly.
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Inês lived here in the
Palace of the Convent of Santa
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Clara-a-Velha, and this is where
she received the love letters
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Pedro wrote. You see, legend has
it that he used to send her his
love letters through a
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small pipe carried away by
the waters from Quinta do Pombal
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springs - today Quinta das
Lágrimas - to the Palace of
Santa Clara-a-Velha.
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Meanwhile Dom Pedro became
increasingly close to Inês'
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brothers who tried to convince
him to claim the throne of
Castile, thus endangering the
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already fragile relations
between Portugal and that
neighbouring kingdom.
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Soon Dom Pedro was persuaded
by their arguments and declared
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himself a pretender to the
thrones of León and Castile.
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It became evident to the
Portuguese King and aristocracy
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that the Castro clan would end
up dragging the future monarch
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and his kingdom into the
fights of their neighbours.
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These fearsome prospects led the
King and his advisers to look
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for ways to free the Prince from
the damaging influence of the
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Castro clan. Well the death
of Inês started to be seen as a
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solution. Initially, Dom Afonso
IV was reluctant to agree to
such an extreme action
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against the mother of his
grandchildren, but on 7 January
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1355, while Pedro was away from
home, the King called his
counsellors to a meeting
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here in the Castle of
Montemor-o-Velho, at the end he
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finally decided to send three of
his counsellors - Pêro Coelho,
Álvaro Gonçalves and Diogo
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Lopes Pacheco - to
Coimbra, in order to kill Inês.
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As soon as assassins and the
king arrived here, at the Palace
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of the Convent of Santa
Clara-a-Velha, Inês appeared
surrounded by her children and
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appealed to King Dom Afonso IV.
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You see the King had been
struggling between the needs of
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the state and his
feelings as a grandparent.
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Finally, he left the room,
saying to the counsellors: "Do
whatever you want".
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As soon as the King had turned
his back, the sentence was
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carried out: Inês
de Castro was executed.
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When Dom Pedro heard that Inês
had been killed, the terrible
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news drove him into a fury.
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Knowing that his own father had
ordered the killing, Dom Pedro
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staged a revolt
against the King.
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For several months, with the
support of the Castro brothers,
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his troops swept through the
country and laid siege to the
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city of Porto. Finally, the
Queen, Dom Pedro's mother,
intervened to end the revolt and
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bring about a reconciliation
between father and son.
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Dom Pedro formally promised
to forgive the incident.
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Two years pass, Dom Afonso IV
died and Dom Pedro succeeded to
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the Portuguese throne.
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As soon as he was crowned
in 1357, and in spite of his
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promises of forgiveness,
King Dom Pedro I arrested two of
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Inês' assassins. He then had
them tortured and executed in a
barbaric but highly symbolic
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way: from one of the men who had
killed the love of his life, his
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heart was ripped out of his body
through his back, and from the
other, the heart was
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pulled out through the chest.
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All this happened in front of
the Royal Palace, where the King
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was able to watch the terrible
scene while having dinner!
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On 12 June 1360, the King
announced that, some years
earlier, he had married
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Inês in a secret ceremony
in the town of Bragança.
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The bishop of Guarda, and one of
his servants, were presented as
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witnesses of the wedding -
although neither one of them
seemed to remember the date when
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it had taken place.
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Nevertheless, Inês de Castro was
declared Dom Pedro's legitimate
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wife and therefore the
lawful Queen of Portugal.
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The King then ordered her body
to be exhumed and taken from the
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Palace of Santa Clara in Coimbra
to this location here, the
Monastery in Alcobaça to
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the place called the tomb of
kings, where she was buried in
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an extraordinary
ceremony, on 2 April 1361.
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I hope you're enjoying
the program from Portugal.
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We're about to go into the
monastery there in Alcobaça and
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show you the unique layout of
the tombs of Dom Pedro and Inês.
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And I just wanted to let you
know that we weren't able to go
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in with our regular equipment,
and so you know, the sound may
not be the quality that we
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would've liked, but I hope
you enjoy this special segment.
00:20:37.60\00:20:41.80
The king Dom Pedro commissioned
this elaborate tomb, marble
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tomb, for his
wife, Inês de Castro.
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The placement of the tombs here
in the church of Santa Maria is
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really quite interesting.
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You have at this end the tomb
of the queen, Inês de Castro.
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And straight across, right
at the other end of the church,
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we're going to see the
tomb of the king, Dom Pedro.
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Now, there's a lot of theories
around why the placement is kind
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of unique in this way.
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It has led many to believe that
Dom Pedro and Inês de Castro
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believed in the resurrection of
the dead at the second coming of
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Christ. And by placing the tombs
in this position, at the day of
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the resurrection, the first
thing that they will see when
they come out of the tombs will
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be each other.
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One of the things that leads
people to believe that is that
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on this end of the tomb here.
I'm not sure if you're going to
be able to see it. but down
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below on what they call here
the wheel of life is inscribed,
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"Until the end of the world.
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" You see, Dom Pedro and Inês de
Castro believed, like Paul, when
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he wrote to the Thessalonians:
"For the Lord himself will
descend with the voice of
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the archangel, with the trumpet
of God, and the dead in Christ
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will rise first.
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"
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Isn't that incredible?
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Here you have this earthy king
that has engraved into his tomb
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the promise of the resurrection
at the second coming of Jesus
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Christ. This earthly king will
one day, the Bible says, will
bow down before the King
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of kings when Jesus returns.
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And when he returns, Paul tells
us that he will come with the
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voice and with the shout
and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will resurrect.
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You see, that means if you
have lost a loved one, you know,
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someone that you would give
every earthly possession you
have to embrace one more time,
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the Bible says that one day, by
God's grace, that loved one will
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be put back into your arms.
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How?
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Well, the Bible
gives us the answer.
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It says, "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God.
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" In other words, the Bible is
telling us that we need to align
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things in our life in the right
sequence with Jesus at the head,
with Jesus being the
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most important thing.
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And if you and I do that, if we
commit our lives and our desires
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to Jesus and make him Lord of
our life, then we can live our
life in the assurance that,
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should we sleep before Jesus
returns, that we will be ones
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that will be awakened when He
comes to spend an eternity with
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Him. That's the desire of my
heart, and I pray that it is the
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desire of your heart.
00:24:17.43\00:24:18.86
You know, folks approach me
all the time and they say, "Hey,
00:24:18.86\00:24:22.50
Bill, what do all these things
that I see happening around me,
00:24:22.50\00:24:26.43
what do they mean? You know,
this crisis there in Syria, the
Boston Marathon bombing, these
00:24:26.43\00:24:31.36
wacky diseases that
seem to be popping up.
00:24:31.36\00:24:34.50
What does it mean?
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" You know that our ancestors,
you know, maybe they were
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brighter than we are, because
when they would face these types
of questions, do you know
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where they would go?
00:24:43.66\00:24:44.56
They would go back
to the Word of God.
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They'd go to the Bible.
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And they would use the Bible
as their textbook and look for
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answers to these
dilemmas, to these questions.
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And that's
exactly what we should do.
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Friday night, October the 18th,
at 7:00 o'clock, at the
Belleville Seventh-Day
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Adventist Church, I am going to
begin a series of Bible prophecy
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seminars. You know, each night,
we're going to tackle a
different Bible prophecy.
00:25:08.26\00:25:13.33
And as we go through those
prophecies, we're going to be
looking for answers to
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questions like, you
know, "Who is the Antichrist?
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And what is the
battle of Armageddon?
00:25:21.93\00:25:23.76
And what happens
to us when we die?
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And how do we know
when Jesus will return?
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" If you've been wrestling
with those questions and you've
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wondered, "What does the
Bible have to say about those?
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" you're going to want to join
us, beginning Friday, October
00:25:34.26\00:25:38.10
the 18th, at the Belleville
Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 7
00:25:38.10\00:25:41.96
p.m. I hope you'll be there.
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Let's have a word of prayer.
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Gracious, loving heavenly
Father, thank you for your
goodness, your mercy, your
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kindness.
00:25:48.76\00:25:50.80
Thank you for sending Jesus.
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Father, I pray that everyone
within the sound of my voice
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that has chosen Jesus may be
ready to meet him when he comes
in the clouds of heaven
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and spend an eternity
with our Lord and Saviour.
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In His name we pray, amen.
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You know, ever since I was a
little boy, I've been hearing
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the story of Dom Pedro and Inês,
the story of the love between
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the two of them. But what
particularly intrigues me is
their belief in the resurrection
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of the dead in
Christ at the second coming.
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Now, I know this is a topic that
has caused a lot of confusion
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for many, many Christians.
00:26:46.26\00:26:47.63
If you would like to better
understand this, well, we have
00:26:47.63\00:26:50.83
some resources to help you.
00:26:50.83\00:26:53.00
We'd like you to spend time
in Scripture to truly understand
00:26:53.00\00:26:57.36
what the Bible
says to those who die.
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Here is the information you
need to get your study help.
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Well, I'm so glad you joined
us on this week's program.
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And I hope you enjoyed this
special broadcast from Portugal.
00:27:55.53\00:27:59.93
If you'd like to see it again
or refer it to a friend, you can
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visit our website,
itiswrittencanada.ca.
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You know, while on the website,
you can also send us a prayer
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request, and the staff back at
the office, every morning, come
00:28:11.40\00:28:15.16
together and pray
over those requests.
00:28:15.16\00:28:16.93
And if you feel so moved,
you can also send a donation to
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support our ministry.
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Well, that's all
from Portugal this time.
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I hope you'll join
us again next time.
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In the meantime, remember, it is
written: Man shall not live by
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bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
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