JULY 25
Devote Yourself to Christ, Said Thomas à Kempis's Famous Book (1471)
“Having learned from our faithful councillors that foreign priests have come into our estates, where they preach a law contrary to that of Japan, and t...”
“Japan.” Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition.
God calls us to various labors (1874)
You will indeed drink my cup — Matthew 20:23 (Berean Bible Study). Both the sons of Zebedee drank of the cup of pe...
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Death of St. Olympias, a friend of the notable preacher and martyr John Chrysostom.
Authority for the date: New Catholic Encyclopedia.1566
Philip becomes Metropolitan of Moscow, chosen by Czar Ivan IV “the Terrible,” who will have him strangled three years later because of his bold stands against the Czar’s blasphemies and cruelties.
Authority for the date: http://www.roca.org/OA/82/82m.htm1593
Henry IV of France renounces Protestantism and adopts Catholicism in the Church of St. Denis, Paris.
Authority for the date: Catholic Encyclopedia.1843
Ordination of William H. Brett as a deacon in British Guiana. He will accomplish notable linguistic work, translating the New Testament into Arawak and other languages of Guiana. —Arlene Munro “The life of Rev. William H. Brett.”
Authority for the date: landofsixpeoples.com/news402/ns1040537.htm1918
Death of Walter Rauschenbusch, famed theologian of the social gospel
Authority for the date: http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/bce/rauschenbusch.htm1929
The Soviets arrest the Orthodox priest Peter Gavrilovich Tsetayev in Kurgan province. They will sentence him to three years’ imprisonment in keeping with their anti-Christian policies.
Authority for the date: Moss, Vladimir. Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Urals, Siberia and Central Asia.1968
In the encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life) Pope Paul VI restates the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to artificial birth control.
Authority for the date: www.vatican.va.