TODAY
IN HISTORY
- An assembly of priests and lay people from Kenya and Uganda is held in Kampala to reaffirm the particpants’ full support of and attachment to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.Authority for the date:http://www.aoiusa.org/greek-orthodoxy-the-ecumenical-patriarchate-and-the-church-in-the-usa/
- Joseph Adeyemo Taiwo lays the foundation stone of the Agboye Baptist Church, Oyo. He had a hand in planting this and many other churches for the Nigerian Baptist Convention.Authority for the date:Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
- Navigators, an evangelical organization, is founded, but will not be incorporated for another decade.Authority for the date:Lang, J. Stephen. The Christian History Devotional: 365 Readings & Prayers to Deepen & Inspire Your Faith
- A church assembly at Edinburgh asks the King of Scotland to petition Queen Elizabeth I to unburden English churchgoers of burdensome ceremonies, and to unite in a common front against Catholics in behalf of “the true Religion for defence and protection of the Word of God.”Authority for the date:The Acts of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland.
- Roman Catholics drive two hundred Protestants out of Locarno, Switzerland. They find refuge with Henry Bullinger.Authority for the date:Leben 3 No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2997) 17.
- Death of Cunegunda, Queen of Bavaria who had voluntarily embraced humility after the death of her husband, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. Having entered a convent, she insisted that no one treat her as the empress she had once been, taking the part of a servant and performing the lowest and dirtiest jobs that needed doing.Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.
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