FEBRUARY 1
TIKHON DARED TO REBUKE THE VIOLENT BOLSHEVIKS (1918)
“Beware of divisions. One thing the children of the world can always understand, if they do not understand doctrine that thing is angry quarreling and...”
Ryle, J.C. “Farewell Message.”
The Jubilee Is a Type of the Gospel
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of Jubilee to sound, on the tenth day of the seventh month… And ye shall hallow...
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By imperial command, all astrologers are to be exiled from the Roman Empire unless they convert to Christianity and burn their books in the presence of a bishop.
Authority for the date: Wisconsin Lutheran College, Imperial Laws an523
[commemorative date] Death of Brigit, one of the most beloved Irish saints, legendary as a miracle worker, and allegedly the founder of a double monastery at Kildare.
Authority for the date: Episcopal Church. Holy Women, Holy Men.1516
Erasmus dedicates his New Testament to Pope Leo X. His work is politically risky, so he assures the pontiff, “We do not intend to tear up the old and commonly accepted edition [the Vulgate] but amend it where it is corrupt and make it clear where it is obscure.”
Authority for the date: Faulkner, John Alfred. Erasmus the Scholar. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1907.1656
Authorities in the New Netherlands (New York) decree that all “conventicles and meetings” held in the province, “whether public or private,” are “absolutely and expressly forbidden”; and that “only the Reformed Divine service, as this is observed and enforced according to the Synod of Dortrecht,” should be held.
Authority for the date: www.pbministries.org.1822
Mother Javouhey sails from France, bound for Senegal as a missionary. Through her strong character, deep love of people, and powerful faith, she will accomplish much good in Africa and in South America.
Authority for the date: Daniel-Rops, Henri. Heroes of God.1903
Death in Cambridge of George Gabriel Stokes. A brilliant and innovative mathematician, he was also known for his faith and delivered the Gifford Lectures in 1891, taking as his theme natural theology.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1912
Bishop Walter Lambuth of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, and his friend Dr. Gilbert, risking sleeping sickness from tsetse fly bites, arrive safely at the village of Chief Wembo-Niama (in what was then called the Belgian Congo), where they will select land on which to situate a mission station.
Authority for the date: Phillips, C. H. The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.1916
At the appeal of Basil Malof, a committee meets in the United States to consider providing religious instruction to East European prisoners of war held in Western nations. Successful ministry will follow.
Authority for the date: Oswald A. Blumit. Sentenced to Siberia1918
Death in London, England, of hymnwiter, author, and evangelistic worker Ada Ruth Habershon best known for her hymn “Will the Circle be Unbroken?” She had been associated with C.H. Spurgeon and D.L. Moody.
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.1918
Patriarch Tikhon of the Russian Orthodox Church excommunicates “the enemies of Christ”—the atheistic rulers of Russia. He will be imprisoned for his defense of the church he leads.
Authority for the date: Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church.1933
German Lutheran clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer gives a radio speech warning about the consequences of putting blind trust in any man (i.e. Hitler). His address is abruptly cut off at the warning.
Authority for the date: Colson, Charles. Kingdoms in Conflict. Morrow