October 25
431: The Council of Ephesus removes Nestorius, the patriarch of Constantinople, who had been anathematized for holding the belief that two separate persons indwelt the incarnate Christ; he was replaced with Maximianus, a new patriarch.
1147: The armies of the Second Crusade suffer a setback at the hands of the Saracens at Dorylaeum (in today’s Turkey). The Crusaders still went on with its unsuccessful assault against Damascus, Syria.
1180: Demise of John of Salisbury, a distinguished philosopher, historian, churchman, and scholar, who censured scholasticism.
1400: Passing away of world famous English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, who had added a “retraction” to his Canterbury Tales, apologizing for his “worldly vanities.”
1564: Birth of Hans Leo Hassler, the first notable German musician educated in Italy who later became a sacred composer, and who left a rich musical legacy.
1800: Birth of Jacque Paul Migne, a French theological publisher, who published a voluminous collection of writings by the ancient Greek and Latin fathers (161 vols: “Patrologia Graecae”; 221 vols: “Patrologia Latinae”) in the press which he established in 1836.
1867: Repose of Salama, Abuna (meaning, “head”) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, in prison , after making many enemies, even by excommunicating many opponents at a time of conflict.
1885: Horace Newton Allen, the first resident Protestant missionary to Korea, is honoured with the rank of Chamoan (Mandarin), since only men of that rank could be presented to a king. Allen wanted to win favours for the church from the king.
1921: Franklin Small and a group of dissatisfied members of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, obtain official permission to establish the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada. This group merged with the Evangelical Churches of Pentecost In 1953.
1941: The first Youth For Christ rally, an international evangelical youth organization, held at Bryant’s Alliance Tabernacle in New York City.
1955: Demise of Nicholas (Mogilevsky), the first metropolitan of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan, who was harassed and imprisoned by the Soviets most of his life.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
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