Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Historical Writings
Today in Christian History
Saturday, March 2
396
Under ecclesiastical legislation issued by emperor Honorius, all buildings in which heretics assemble are confiscated and all meetings interdicted. Authority for the date: Wace, Henry. A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature...
1559
Pierre Viret is appointed a preacher to the City of Geneva where his sermons will be more popular than those of Calvin. Authority for the date: Schaff, Philip. History of Christianity.
1606
Nicholas Owen, Jesuit builder of priest holes (secret hiding places for priests), dies under torture in the Tower of London. Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.
1631
Death of Job Boretsky, an Orthodox metropolitan in the Ukraine, noted for his defence of the Orthodox faith, his poetry, writings, and translations. Authority for the date: Wikipedia.
1898
At Australia’s Constitutional Convention, Patrick Glynn, a Roman Catholic member, asks for an amendment in the preamble to say the people of the colonies, “humbly relying upon the blessing of almighty God,” agree to unite into an indissoluable commonwealth. His proposal is accepted by the majority over the jeers of secularists. Authority for the date: Ely, Richard. Unto God and Caesar. Melbourne University, 1976.
1930
American missionary Gustav Schmidt, 39, opened the Danzig Instytut Biblijny in the Free City of Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. It was the first Pentecostal Bible institute established in Eastern Europe.
1934
Birthday of Dottie Rambo, contemporary gospel singer and songwriter. She has authored such country gospel favorites as "In the Valley He Restoreth My Soul," "Build My Mansion Next Door to Jesus" and "I Just Came to Talk With You, Lord."
1938
The Nazi trial of pastor Martin Niemoller, an outspoken critic of Hitler's regime, ends. He will spend seven years in prisons and concentration camps. Authority for the date: Colson, Charles. Kingdoms in Conflict. William Morrow, 1987.
1948
U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: 'O God, forgive the poverty and the pettiness of our prayers. Listen not to our words but to the yearnings of our hearts. Hear beneath our petitions the crying of our need.'
1959
American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched.'
1979
Over 1,100 Christian organizations combined to form the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). This oversight agency was created to demonstrate to the public that religious groups wanted to make themselves accountable for the funds they raise and spend.
1990
Christians are physically assaulted by Muslims at the Egyptian city of Abu Qurqas and the towns of Beni Ebid and al-Berba. Five churches are severely damaged along with more than forty other properties belonging to Christians. Authority for the date: Bistawros, Baheg T. Coptic Christians of Egypt Today Under Threat of Annihilation.
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© 1987-2020, William D. Blake. Portions used by permission of the author, from "Almanac of the Christian Church"
© 1987-2020, William D. Blake. Portions used by permission of the author, from "Almanac of the Christian Church"
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