November 4
846: Passing away of Ioannikios the Great in Antidium, who was a monk turned soldier. As a monk he led a life of strict austerities and was said to have performed miracles.
1646: The Massachusetts Bay Colony passes a law to punish those who deny that the Bible was the Word of God with the death penalty.
1794: Founding of the London Missionary Society.
1847: Demise of Felix Mendelssohn, the author of the religious oratorios St. Paul and Elijah.
1884: C. T Studd, one of a group of Christian students known as The Cambridge Seven, is selected for service in the China Inland Mission.
1891: Charles A. Briggs is called before the New York Presbytery to present his defence for attacking biblical inspiration.
1898: Methodist evangelist Ambrose Blackman Crumpler organizes the Pentecostal Holiness church at Goldsboro, NC.
1966: The “Evening Standard” newspaper in London publishes John Lennon’s controversial remark that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus,” causing a storm of controversy and international protest, resulting in a world-wide boycott of Beatles music.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
Courtesy: https://studylight.org