October 22
362: Martyrdom of Theodoritus, a Greek-speaking Syrian Christian priest, under Emperor Julian the Apostate. The relics of the priest were brought to Uzès in the south of France and exhibited in a cathedral dedicated to him.
1660: King Charles II of England presents a proposed Declaration of Indulgence for Independents and bishops, who offer suggestions for revision. The revised declaration was promulgated three days later.
1746: Jonathan Dickinson, a Revival leader, obtains a permission for the College of New Jersey to train Presbyterian pastors. It later came to be known as Princeton University.
1844: Beginning of the “Great Disappointment,” since this day which was set by the religious leader William Miller for the return of Christ by, passed without any event. Over 100,000 disillusioned followers returned to their previous denominations, or abandoned the Christian faith totally.
1899: The beginning of Protestant churches in the Philippines, with the baptism of a Filipino convert by the American Presbyterian missionary James B. Rodgers.
1922: Demise of James William Charles Pennington, an escaped slave who had become a Presbyterian pastor and abolitionist, and authored the autobiographical The Fugitive Blacksmith and the first history of the African Americans published in the United States.
1952: Publication of the complete Jewish Torah in English for the first time. Torah comprises the basic religious code of Judaism and is a collection of oral and written commentary (dating 200 BC to AD 500) on the first five books of the Old Testament.
1965: Demise of Paul Tillich, an existentialist Lutheran theologian, who became infamous for describing God as the “ground of all being.”
1969: Harold John Ockenga, a leading fundamentalist, becomes the president of the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
1987: A volume of Gutenberg’s original Bible is sold at an auction at Christie’s for $5.39 million. Ironically, Gutenberg could not make any profit from his invention of printing because his press was seized for debts.
1997: Demise of Emmanuel Adekunle Atilade, an educator, writer, poet and composer, but above all a zealous pastor and evangelist for the Nigerian Baptist Convention and Gospel Baptist Conference.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
Courtesy: https://studylight.org