Archive for June, 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Today In Anchorage
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 0296 St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland 1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 1629 The settlers of Salem, Mass. appointed Samuel Skelton as their pastor, by ballot. Their church covenant, afterward composed by Skelton, established Salem as the first non-separating congregational […]
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1757 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: ‘Whatever we may undertake with a sincere desire to promote His glory, we may comfortably pursue. Nothing is trivial that is done for Him.’ 1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay 1810 In Bradford, Massachusetts, the first U.S. missionary society was […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Today In History
The server I use won’t let me upload photos today. Rats!!!!!!! On this day… 0678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1299 In his encyclical ‘Scimus fili,’ Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic Church. 1739 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: ‘Christ’s servants have always been […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1097 The armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) occupied the ancient Byzantine city of Nicea. 1702 Birth of Philip Doddridge, an English Nonconformist clergyman. Doddridge authored 370 hymn- texts, of which ‘O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice’ is still sung today. […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 0253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1115 St. Bernard founded a monastery in Clairvaux, France. It afterward became a strategic center for the Cistercians, a religious order that flourished up until the Reformation. 1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1243: Cardinal Sinibaldo Fieschi was elected […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1322 Jews are expelled from France 1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England 1519 Birth of Theodore Beza, French-born Swiss theological reformer. Beza became the acknowledged leader of the Swiss Calvinists, following John Calvin’s death in 1564. 1527 King Gustavus of Sweden assembled the Diet of Wester’s, for the purpose of carrying […]