October 6
1520: Martin Luther publishes his famous writing “Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church,” attacking the entire sacramental system in the Catholic Church.
1526: Nuremberg formally accepts the famous artist Albrecht Durer’s gift of The Four Apostles, also known as The Four Holy Men, depicting St. John, St. Peter, St. Mark, and St. Paul.
1528: Ursula of Munsterberg absconds from her convent to become a Lutheran.
1552: Birth of Matteo Ricci, who became an Italian Jesuit and was sent as a missionary to China in 1583. His extreme adoption of Chinese customs led to discussions regarding the limits of “accommodation” of other cultures while preaching the gospel.
1683: A band of religious refugees from Krefield, Germany arrive at Philadelphia as the first Mennonites to land in North America.
1892: Repose of the British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, who had spoken of his Christian faith in his poems.
1894: Demise of Matthew Bridges, an English clergyman and hymn-writer, who later joined the Roman Catholic Church, under the influence of the Oxford Movement.
1899: B.H. Irwin begins the publication of “Live Coals of Fire,” the official newsletter of the Fire Baptized Holiness Association of America, comprising of former Methodists, Quakers and River Brethren.
1919: Demise of Baron Paul Nicolay, a French nobleman, who evangelized students in Russia.
1931: Sr. Iraida (birth name Ivanovna Kiprina), an Orthodox nun in Irkutsk, is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for alleged “anti-Soviet agitation” and for “maintaining links with exiled representatives of the clergy.”
1935: Repose of Ivan Prokhanov, a mighty Russian evangelist, who later became the president of the All Russian Union of Evangelical Christians.
2010: Prem Singh Gurung is awarded three years of imprisonment for showing Christian movies in two of Bhutan’s villages.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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