1072 (or the 23rd) Death of Peter Damian, an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and later a cardinal, who will be remembered mainly for De divina omnipotentia (Divine Omnipotence), in which he defended the omnipotence of God. He was declared a doctor of the church in the nineteenth century.
1225 Hugh of St. Cher receives the habit of the Dominican order. Later he became a notable Bible scholar and guided a team that created a reliable Bible concordance.
1297 Death of St. Margaret of Cortona, a Franciscan tertiary, who had established a hospital for the poor in Italy.
1632 Zuni Indians murder Father Francisco de Letrado, because he along with his fellow Spanish missionaries attempted to bring about Christian rule on the Pueblo Indians.
1649 Adjournment of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (Theologians) called by the English Parliament to reform the Church of England; it was held in one thousand one hundred and sixty three sessions over a period of five years. The Assembly was known for its solemn fasts and long hours of prayer.
1805 Birth of Sarah Flower Adams, English religious writer, whose most influential verses today comprise the lyrics to the world famous hymn, “Nearer, My God, To Thee.”
1901 Charles and Lettie Cowman arrive in Japan, where they later become co-founders of the Oriental Mission Society.
1906 Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles and starts revival meetings, which later developed into “Azusa Street Revival” in the Apostolic Faith Mission located at 312 Azusa Street. It is regarded as a pioneering event in the history of the 20th century American Pentecostalism.
1911 Death of Frances E. W. Harper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, an African-American woman who had worked a lot in the anti-slavery cause, along with volunteers like Julia Ward Howe and Frederick Douglas.
1930 Soviet agents take more than sixty Orthodox clergy and laity in Tomsk into custody for alleged “counter-revolutionary agitation” and “grouping of church people.” Fifty of them were executed later.
1944 English apologist C.S. Lewis exhorts in a letter, “Heaven enters wherever Christ enters, even in this life.”
1980 American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer reminded the Christians in a letter, “None of us are normal, even after we are Christians if we mean by that being perfect. What is possible, however, is for us to live in the fullness of life in the circle of who we are, constantly pressing on the border lines to try to take further steps.”
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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