418: Roman Emperor Honorius condemns Pelagianism, which claimed that human beings can take the initial and fundamental steps towards salvation on its own, apart from divine grace.
1367: Pope Urban travels from Avignon to Italy to restore the papacy in Rome.
1524: Death of Chevalier de Bayard in a battle; he was considered the epitome of a Christian courtier and one of the finest soldiers in France, who was often called a “knight without fear and without reproach.”
1658: Marguerite Bourgeoys establishes the first external (un-cloistered) Catholic missionary community – The Congregation de Notre-Dame – in the new world at Ville Marie, Canada.
1841: Birth of Orville J. Nave, the chaplain of the U.S. Armed Services, who compiled the “Nave’s Topical Bible,” which is still in print!
1854 Death of James Montgomery at Mount Sheffield, who authored the Christmas carol song “Angels from the Realms of Glory.”
1867: Death of Ithamar Conkey, a popular 19th century English bass vocalist, who also composed the tune to the hymn RATHBUN to which the song “In the Cross of Christ I Glory,” is sung today.
1882: Nlemvo, known as Mantantu Dundulu, converts to Christianity, the first Protestant convert in the Congo, who later collaborated in translating the New Testament, Proverbs, and Psalms into the Kikongo language.
1904: Birth of John T. Benson, a religious composer and the former president of Heartwarming Music in Nashville, whose best-known sacred composition is the hymn, “Love Lifted Me.”
1947: The Scriptures Visualized Institute moves to its new building; It is one of the earliest gospel film companies that has made a lasting impact in the field.