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Historical Writings

Today in Christian History

710

Death of St. Adrian (or Hadrian) of Canterbury, an African. Well-educated, he had made Canterbury a center of learning for the British isles.

1569

St. Philip of Moscow, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, was murdered by Czar Ivan IV ("Ivan the Terrible").

1765

Samuel Stillman is installed at the First Baptist Church, Boston. He will promote separation of church and state in the United States.

1777

Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'My soul lives constantly as in the presence of God, and enjoys much of His divine favor. His love is better than life!'

1890

Death of obscure hymnwriter Florence Catherine Armstrong. Her first hymn had appeared in the British Herald during February 1865. One of her best-known was "Oh to Be Over Yonder."

1921

Soviets arrest the Orthodox priest Nilus Matveyevich Matveyev in the Tver province, charging him with "counter-revolutionary agitation." Owing to an amnesty he is released, but six years later he is arrested again and exiled for three years.

1922

Death in New York City of Julia Chester Emery, who had served forty years as Secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Board of Missions in the Episcopal Church, continually urging expansion of missions and church education.

1924

Death in England of Frederick C. Conybeare, internationally respected student of the Armenian language, church history, Bible studies, and textual criticism.

1947

Japan's Christian Layman's Association is formed under Dr. S. Uzawa, a former president of the Japanese bar association, and Dr. T. Yamamoto, a prominent scientist.

1970

After 140 years of unofficial racial discrimination, the Mormons issued an official statement declaring that blacks were not yet to receive the priesthood "for reasons which we believe are known to God, but which He has not made fully known to man."

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Historical Writings

Today in Christian History

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