Church History

“In the second year, the young pastor pushes for the practice of church discipline—and this proves to be too much. And so the young pastor is fired, and the church is left worse off than before.” - The Story of John Calvin and Martin Bucer

“French radicals inspired by secular, Enlightenment philosophy, wanted to expunge all religious influence and replace it with ‘reason.’ This ideal was exemplified at Notre Dame, where revolutionaries removed Christian symbols and replaced them with ‘Goddesses of Reason’….All clergy were ordered to declare allegiance to the state rather than the church.” - Breakpoint

Lutherans Present the Augsburg Confession - June 25, 1530; John of the Cross Born - June 24, 1542; Crusaders Invade Asia Minor - June 26, 1097. CPost

“This week [1834] marks the anniversary of when famed preacher Charles H. Spurgeon was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England….This week [1963] marks the anniversary of when the United States Supreme Court ruled against a public school district’s policy of reading from the Bible at the start of each day.” CPost

March 5, 1743: “Printed in Boston and released every Saturday, The Christian History was a byproduct of the First Great Awakening, a time of large-scale spiritual revival in the British colonies of North America.” CPost

“0: The amount of money Gutenberg made with his Bibles. A business partner sued Gutenberg for the return of money loaned to the printer to produce the Bibles. Gutenberg lost the lawsuit and had to turn over his printing equipment and half the Bibles to the partner, Johann Fust.” Door County Pulse