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Today in Christian History

Saturday, December 23

1193
Death of Thorlac Thorhallssohn, founder of Iceland's first monastery.
1528
Two hundred citizens of Basel assemble and present a petition, drawn up by the reformer Oecolampadius, for the suppression of the mass.
1648
Birth of Robert Barclay, Scottish Quaker theologian. He published his most famous work, "An Apology for the True Christian Divinity," in 1676, making him the most prominent theologian in the early Quaker Church.
1652
Death of John Cotton, an eminent minister in colonial Massachusetts and "father of New England Congregationalism."
1736
In an Auto da f
1790
Birth of Jean Francois Champollion, French Egyptologist. In 1822 he successfully decoded the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone (uncovered in 1799), and is recognized today as the founder of modern Egyptology.
1862
Birth of Amos R. Wells, American Christian educator. He was first editorial secretary of the newly organized Christian Endeavor Society (forerunner of modern church "youth fellowships") from 1891 until his death in 1933.
1873
Death of Sarah Grimk
1897
Peru passes a law empowering Alcades (mayors) of provincial councils to solemnize marriages, thus enabling non-Catholics to wed.
1950
Pope Pius XII declared that the tomb of St. Peter had been discovered beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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© 1987-2020, William D. Blake. Portions used by permission of the author, from "Almanac of the Christian Church"

Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, September 25th, 2021
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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