October 1
1529: Opening of the Colloquy of Marburg, an attempt by Philip I of Hesse to unify the followers of Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, so as to form a united political alliance against the Catholic Holy Roman Empire. The Reformers agreed on 14 of 15 articles towards the end, but will remain divided over the Eucharist. Switzerland decided to remain Reformed and Germany Lutheran.
1555: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina becomes the choir master to St. John Lateran; he produced some of the finest music before Bach.
1865: James Bryan opens his circus arena for a revival team and many people become Christians at the place.
1883: A. B. Simpson, an American churchman, founds the first school in America – Missionary Training Institute – to train missionaries.
1921: Harry and Susan Strachan incorporate their organization The Latin American Mission in Philadelphia.
1946: Rev. Jack McAlister founds the World Literature Crusade in Saskatchewan, Canada, for the mission of Bible distribution, church planting and Bible correspondence courses.
1948: The Communist government of Romania announces its decision to place one and a half million persons loyal to the Catholic Church under the control of the Orthodox church.
1961: Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) begins broadcasting.
2000: Pope John Paul II canonizes Katharine Drexel from America, the foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a congregation devoted to the piety to the Holy Eucharist and to serve the African-American and Native American people who are oppressed by discrimination and extreme poverty.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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