JANUARY 7
Athanasius Listed the New Testament as We Know it (367)
“The body of Christians . . . who, eschewing all denominational badges of distinction, call themselves merely the Church of Christ, and whose retiring...”
Taylor, H.R. The History of Churches of Christ in South Australia 1846-1959. South Australia: The Churches of Christ Evangelistic Union, Inc., c. 1958.
Show me the track (1830)
This new day is a new incitement to me to select the path of holiness. I am determined to follow it: but, O God, do thou...
Events
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Lucian, Presbyter of Antioch, is tried and executed for his faith in Nicomedia.
Authority for the date: Frend, W. H. C. The Early Church. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1965.1450
Pope Nicholas V issues a papal bull acceding to a request from King James II to establish a university in Glasgow.
Authority for the date: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/on-this-day/?day=7&month=11715
Death of Francois Fenelon, archbishop of Cambrai, France, who had written on Christian love and perfection.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1822
The Tsarist regime, hoping to strengthen Christian presence in the Caucasus and convert Muslims, authorizes separatists (who rejected state Lutheranism) to create missionary colonies in the Caucasus. Basel missionaries soon establish a missionary school and a printing-house in Shusha.
Authority for the date: Anar Alizade, Christianity in Azerbaijan1868
Death in Montclair, New Jersey, of William B. Bradbury, composer of the tunes to which we sing many well-loved hymns, including “Jesus Loves Me,” “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Me,” “Take My Life and Let it Be,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” “Just as I Am,” and others. He had published fifty-nine collections of sacred and secular music.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1870
Isabella Thoburn of Ohio arrives in India where she becomes a great missionary-educator.
Authority for the date: Thoburn, J. M. Life of Isabella Thoburn. New York: Garland, 1987.1917
Baptism of Elija Titus Latunde at twelve years of age. He will become the third president of the Christ Apostolic Churches in Nigeria, which will experience phenomenal growth under his leadership. He will also spearhead secular development projects and serve as a peacemaker with Muslims.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.