November 2
1164: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury goes on a six-year self-imposed exile in France, at the age of 45. Although England’s Henry II used to be a close friend of, Thomas had to oppose the royal policies of the king and thus became his enemy.
1600: Richard Hooker, a staunch Anglican theologian, dies with the following  words on his lips, “God hath my daily petitions, for I am at peace with all men, and He is at peace with me… and this witness makes the thoughts of death joyful.”
1637: Anne Hutchinson faces trial on charges of sedition, heresy (for criticizing ministers) and for holding unauthorized religious meetings at home. She was exiled for the crime and became a founder of Rhode Island.
1752: Passing away of Johann Albrecht Bengel, a German Lutheran theologian and Bible scholar, most famous for his work Gnomen Novi Testamenti, whoch marked the beginning of modern textual criticism (so-called lower criticism).
1789: The properties of the Church in France taken over by the state, during the French Revolution.
1830: A general convention of Methodist reformers, who were opposed to the episcopal (i.e., bishop-led) form of church governance, establishes the Protestant Methodist Church Baltimore, MD,.
1917: British foreign secretary Arthur J. Balfour issues the Balfour Declaration, calling for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This  recognition of a Jewish nationalism planted the seed which led to the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948.
1918: Martyrdom of Ananius Aristov, a village priest in Serginsky who had resisted the socialists, the enemies of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was killed along with his two sons Andrew and Hosea in the garden of the Perm theological seminary.
1972: Americans try to block a communication Pathet Lao – Communists who hated Christianity for anti-Marxist stand and  challenged their policies – ordering the execution of two young Christians Evelyn Anderson and Beatrice Kosin, missionaries in Kengkok, Laos. Their bodies are later found burned to death.
1992: Repose of Bamidele Olusegun Ijagbulu in Nigeria, a Baptist minister and author, who also founded the Olu-Ibukun Foundation to help couples in trouble and to teach youth to live pure lives.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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