January 27
417: Pope Innocent I excommunicates Pelagius, who taught that human beings, having natural, God-given free will, can freely choose to obey God's commands.
537:...
January 26
404: Death of St. Paula of Palestine, St. Jerome’s pupil and patron. She could help her spiritual father Jerome overcome his hot temper.
1557:...
January 24
1529 Tatars, a union of Turkish ethnic groups, torture John of Kazan because he refuses to convert to Islam.
1539 Belgium issues a mandate...
January 23
1589 The Moscow Patriarchate was created by Jeremias II, the Patriarch of Constantinople. Peter I (Peter the Great) cancelled this in 1700; the ...
January 22
304: (probable date) Martyrdom of Vincent of Saragossa, Spain's first known martyr.
1522: Martin Luther, the German Reformer, stated in a letter: 'Love cares...
