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Ronald Knox Collection

Ronald Knox was an interesting and controversial figure in the Catholic Church in England who broadcast about many subjects on British radio.

Ronald Knox

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Ronald Knox
(1888 – 1957)

Ronald KnoxMonsignor Ronald Knox was a man of many talents. In addition to being a Catholic priest, he was a writer, broadcaster, scholar, Bible translator and theologian. Knox broadcast his thoughts about Christianity, Catholicism, history, and other subjects for several years on British radio. Before Orson Welles "War of the Worlds", Knox is believed to have perpetrated the first radio hoax though, like Welles, it was not intended to be a hoax but a performance.

The show, titled "Broadcasting from the Barricades", seemed very real as Knox interrupted a band performance from the Savoy Hotel with reports of a revolution in London. Interviews with people on the streets, lynchings of government officials and reports of bombings made the broadcast seem very real. Compounded by a snow storm that kept the newspapers from being delivered, the broadcast along with the lack of real news caused a minor panic.

Knox was born into a devout Anglican family (his father was Bishop of Manchester) and he, too, was ordained into the Anglican church as a priest. He was later appointed chaplain of Trinity College. Sometime between his ordination in 1912 and 1917, Knox experienced a conversion to the Catholic faith and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1918. Knox was an interesting man with fingers in many pies from translating religious texts to writing detective fiction. All of this wrapped up in a priest's collar. This collection contains religious sermons.

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    This collection of four sermons by Ronald Knox, written in the 1950s, contains discussions on Christmas, scriptural translations, and the works of Cardinal Newman and writer C.K Chesterson. Knox was the son of an Anglican bishop who in 1918 abandoned his father's faith and converted to Roman Catholicism. He served as the Catholic Chaplain at Oxford University between 1926 and 1939. His best known work, Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion (1950), examined the emotional excesses within Christianity which became, and remained, a major scholarly resource on the subject. Listeners of these sermons will enjoy a virtual experience of sitting in an Oxford classroom lectured by one of the most celebrated authorities on religion in the first half of the twentieth century. A great find by OCRCAT! Al Scopino

    Dr. A. J. (Al) Scopino, Jr.

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    1. 4 shows – total playtime 1 hours, 11 minutes
    2. Ronald Knox 40-50's Birth of Our Lord.mp3
    3. Ronald Knox 40-50's Conversion of Newman.mp3
    4. Ronald Knox 40-50's Recollections of Chesterton.mp3
    5. Ronald Knox Translating the Bible.mp3
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    1. 4 shows – 33 MB – total playtime 1 hours, 11 minutes
    2. Ronald Knox 40-50's Birth of Our Lord.mp3
    3. Ronald Knox 40-50's Conversion of Newman.mp3
    4. Ronald Knox 40-50's Recollections of Chesterton.mp3
    5. Ronald Knox Translating the Bible.mp3
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    4 recordings on 2 Audio CDs. Total playtime 1 hours, 11 min
    4 recordings on 2 Audio CDs
    total playtime 1 hours, 11 min

    Ronald Knox Disc A001

    1. Ronald Knox 40-50's Birth of Our Lord
    2. Ronald Knox 40-50's Conversion of Newman
    3. Ronald Knox 40-50's Recollections of Chesterton

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    Ronald Knox Disc A002

    1. Ronald Knox Translating the Bible

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