October 14
1566: Passing away of Ignatius of Methymna, a Metropolitan of the Greek Church, and the founder of the monasteries of Panagia Myrtidiotissa and Leimonos.
1656: Enactment of the first punitive legislation against Quakers in Massachusetts. It was caused through the linking of church-and-state in Puritanism, which regarded the ritual-free Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
1735: Methodist pioneer John Wesley travels to America, to minister to the Indians under Georgia Gov. Oglethorpe.
1886: The Presbyterian Synod of Michigan adopts a resolution to found the Alma College, principally intended to educate ministerial students for the Presbyterian Church.
1898: Murdering of French Catholic missionary Henri Chanes and eleven Chinese Christians at Boluo in Guangdong Province, instigated by a growing anti-foreigner sentiment in China, in the aftermath of Western seizures of Chinese ports and one-sided treaties forced on that nation.
1916: Razafindrasoa of Madagascar makes her religious profession as a nun, against the wish of her Protestant family, which even maltreated her for her decision. Sister Marie-Joseph (her official name!) then worked among children and as a family counsellor.
1921: Ambrosius becomes the Patriarch of All Georgia. This great leader  and historian of his nation’s Orthodox Church was known for his resistance to Soviet tyranny. He commended at the conclusion of his trial in 1924: “My soul belongs to God, my heart to my country; you, my executioners, do what you will with my body.”
1983: The National Council of Churches issues “The Inclusive Language Lectionary — ” aimed at translating the scripture readings by omitting or blurring the gender references. God thus came to be called “Father and Mother” or “the One”; and “man” was replaced by “humanity” or “humankind.” The Translation was short lived.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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