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Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Famous for His Philanthropy (1831)
“The German printer here, named Christopher Sauer, had sought up to that time, both in private and in public, to make both myself and my office odious....”
Rubincam, Milton. “Henry Melchior Muhlenberg’s Early Labors in Pennsylvania: 1742-1760. Pennsylvania History.
We Need First-Hand Knowledge of Christ (1914)
Last of all he appeared to me also —1 Corinthians 15:8 (NIV).And by that vision Saul of Tarsus was transformed. And so,...
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Death of Chrodegang, an eminent French bishop who had labored to bring the French liturgy into conformity with the Roman Catholic; had promoted Gregorian chant; restored and founded churches, abbeys, and other religious institutions; elevated the standard of learning among the clergy; urged use of the Benedictine Rule by monks; and encouraged Pepin (king of the Franks) to protect Rome.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1447
Tommaso Parentucelli is elected pope, and takes the name Nicholas V. Nicholas, a great lover of literature and the arts, will exert much effort to improve Rome as a fitting home for a great Christian civilization. He will grant a charter for the University of Glasgow, Scotland. His Concordat of Vienna will secure the papacy the right to control benefices and sees.
Authority for the date: Durant, Will and Ariel. The Reformation.1609
Philip III, King of Spain, issues the Cedula Magna (Great Decree) that says Indians should be as free as Spaniards. Under this and other decrees, Jesuits work among the Indians of Brazil and Paraguay to protect and train Indians.
Authority for the date: Huonder, Anthony. “Reductions of Paraguay.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Compan1642
Pope Urban VIII forbids the reading of Augustinus, a Jansenist book.
Authority for the date: Ott, Michael. “Pope Urban VIII.” Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Appleton, 1912.1813
Thomas Bowden, a school teacher recently arrived in Australia, leads the first Methodist class meeting in the colony.
Authority for the date: Glen O'Brien, "Not Radically a Dissenter."1830
The New York Evangelist is founded with the assistance of Charles G. Finney for the express purpose of representing revival interests and will soon command a large circulation.
Authority for the date: Wright, G. Frederick. Charles Grandison Finney.1883
Death in Oslo of Norwegian editor and hymnwriter, Elevine Heede. Altogether she had written or translated more than two hundred hymns.
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.1901
Amy Carmichael, serving as a missionary in India, shelters her first temple runaway, a young girl dedicated to the Hindu gods and forced into prostitution to earn money for the priests.
Authority for the date: Houghton, Frank. Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur. Christian Literature Crusade, 1953.1903
Death at Battle Creek, Michigan, of Uriah Smith, a prominent author, pastor, educator, and editor in the early Seventh-day Adventist Church. He wrote Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation that represents their prophetic views, edited their Review and Herald, and helped found Battle Creek College, where he taught Bible classes. Some of his writings included anti-trinitarian views.
Authority for the date: Wikipedia.1916
Russians slaughter the Turkish 3rd Army, giving no quarter to the men held responsible for the recent massacre of Armenian Christians.
Authority for the date: New York Times.1919
Death in Peoria, Illinois, of hymnwriter Julia Harriette Johnston who had directed a Presbyterian Sunday school for forty years and written a book of missionary lives. Her best-known hymn was the popular “Grace Greater than Our Sin.”
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.1933
Death in Massachusetts of Christian educator and hymnwriter Amos R. Wells, editor of Peloubet’s Notes for the International Sunday School Lessons and editorial secretary for the United Society of Christian Endeavor.
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.1984
Death of Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller, a founder of Germany’s Confessing Church and an opponent of the Nazis, who imprisoned him for many years.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1993
Death in Ghana of Solomon Enoch Yaw Opam, a Seventh Day Adventist leader, who had rejected kingship when his people tried to force him to assume the throne. He said “My kingdom is not of this earth.” He had been a pastor, educator, translator, and evangelist among his people.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.2015
Opening day of The Oromo Theologians’ Forum is held in Oslo, Norway, and seeks ways for displaced Ethiopians to effectively share the gospel in Europe.
Authority for the date: Dawit Olika Terfassa, “Trends and Practices of Evangelism Among Migrant Churches: Example