October 23
877: Death of Ignatius I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople. He had held the position twice (847 to 858 and from 867 to 877) during a period of turmoil over icons. He is venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
1239: Consecration of the main cathedral at Wells in England. The inverted arches (14th century) by which the piers of the tower are strengthened makes the cathedral unique.
1385: The University of Heidelberg in Germany, is founded under Pope Urban VI as a college of the Cistercian order.
1641: Irish Catholics massacre some English Protestant settlers in retaliation for numerous abuses by the Protestant overlords. This resulted in a bitter war in which both sides committed atrocities and the hatred continued for many centuries.
1819: Hiram Bingham, Asa Thurston, and other missionaries travel to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) for evangelistic work.
1825: Demise of Pliny Fisk, a missionary pioneer in Syria with just 33. He offered regular Arabic Sunday service, and nearly completed an English-Arabic dictionary.
1871: Birth of Edgar J. Goodspeed, an American Greek N.T. scholar, who taught at the University of Chicago and co-authored The Bible: An American Translation with JMP Smith, which is popularly known as “Smith and Goodspeed.”
1930: Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek converts to Christianity, under the influence of his mother.
1963: Bishop Manuel Larrain of Chile addresses Vatican II with a call for every christina to be a witness to the gospel, and for the church to take care of the poor.
1976: Demise of Lakdasa de Mel, the first indigenous bishop of the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka.
1984: Urbano Gomez, a protester against the church, converts and becomes an evangelist and teacher with the Heart Cry mission.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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