Christian Anniversary Quotes Biography
Source(google.com.pk)1563Publication of the Heidelberg Catechism in Germany by Peter Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus. This temperate statement of the Calvinist view was widely accepted by the Reformed churches of Europe. (450th anniversary)
1663Death of Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, whose biography appeared in Izaac Walton’s Lives. (350th anniversary)
1813Birth of John Vassar in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He became a missionary for the American Tract Society at age 37 and traveled across America, taking the gospel to places without churches, and holding evangelistic meetings at every opportunity. (200th anniversary)
1863Churches hold candlelight vigils in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation which frees all slaves in Confederate territory. (150th anniversary)
1863Death of Lyman Beecher, a pastor famous for his opposition to Unitarianism. He was the father of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe. (150th anniversary)
1863Birth of Frederick George Kenyon in London. He devoted himself to Biblical archaeology, authoring Our Bible and The Ancient Manuscripts. (150th anniversary)
1963Death of French composer Francis Poulenc. He had written splendid sacred music, including his famous Gloria. (50th anniversary)
February
1513Death of Pope Julius II. (500th anniversary)
1613Pope Urban VIII orders the arrest of Galileo Galilei for supporting the Copernican belief that the Earth revolves around the sun, which the Vatican said violated Christian scripture. He was forced to renounce his beliefs under threats from the Inquisition. (400th anniversary)
1663Birth of Cotton Mather. This Congregational minister was the most notable New England writer of his day. His works included early studies of inoculation and Wonders of the Invisible World, a description of the Salem witch trials. He was a founder of Yale University. (350th anniversary)
1763Birth of Thomas Campbell. A popular itinerant preacher, he (with his son Alexander) sought to unite all Christians under a minimal confession of Christ as Lord and immersion baptism. Instead, his followers formed denominations such as The Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ. (250th anniversary)
1913Birth of Rosa Parks. A Christian, her principled action in refusing to give up a bus seat helped bring to an end official policies of racial discrimination in the United States. (100th anniversary)
1913Pioneer missionary Edward L. Arndt first arrived in Shanghai, China, having founded Evangelical Lutheran Missions for China. He established missions and schools in the Hankow territory, and translated devotional texts into Chinese. (100th anniversary)
March
713Death of Suidbert, Apostle of Frisia. (1300th anniversary)
1263Death of Hugh of St Cher. He compiled the first Bible concordance and divided scripture into chapters. He was also the first Dominican made a cardinal of the Roman church. (750th anniversary)
1463Death of St. Catherine of Bologna. (550th anniversary)
1513Leo X was elected pope. Under his papacy Martin Luther broke away from Rome. (500th anniversary)
1663Birth of August Hermann Franke was born in Lübeck, Germany. A Lutheran Pietist, he founded a faith-based orphanage which became the prototype of George Muller’s famous work. He also did educational work. (350th anniversary)
1813Birth of David Livingstone in Blantyre, Scotland, near Glasgow. Converted at 17, he dedicated his life to Christian missions. In 1840 he was sent to Robert Moffat’s mission in South Africa by the London Missionary Society. In 1845 he married Moffat’s daughter Mary and became an explorer who traveled over 30,000 miles in Africa, battling slavers and naming Victoria Falls in 1855. He aroused much controversy because his mistatements got other missionaries killed. (200th anniversary)
1913Death of Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar. He is the Nestle behind the Nestle-Aland text. (100th anniversary)
1913Death of Harriet Tubman. She was nicknamed “Grandma Moses” for her work rescuing slaves and guiding them to the north. She rescued about 300 slaves in nineteen ventures. She said her “success lay with the Lord. “I always told him, ‘I trust to you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,’ and he always did.” (100th anniversary)
1963An assembly of priests and lay people from Kenya and Uganda met in Kampala to reaffirmed their full support and attachment to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. (50th anniversary)
1963Fifty years ago on March 4, 1963 missionary Gaspar Makil, his young daughter Janie Makil, and Elwood Jacobson were killed by the Vietcong. (50th anniversary)
1963Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York was beatified, a step toward canonization as a saint in the Roman Catholic church. (50th anniversary)
April
1963Rev. Martin Luther King began the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. In Birmingham, Alabama, “Bull” Connor ordered fire hoses and dogs turned on children marching out of the 16th St Baptist Church to keep them from marching out of the “Negro section.” Critics said the children were needlessly placed in harm's way because Birmingham voters, disgusted with Connor’s tactics, had already voted for a change in government which would put him out of office. (50th anniversary)
1963John XXIII issued his encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), On establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty. (50th anniversary)
1963Formation of the first Orthodox church in Tanganyika (Tanzania) took place when Fr. Theodoros Nankyamas baptized twenty Africans who had converted to Orthodoxy. The liturgy was read in Swahili. (50th anniversary)
May
303Synod at Cirta, North African church. Several bishops admitted they had handed over Scriptures to escape penalties in a recent persecution. (1710th anniversary)
1213King John of England resigned his kingdom to Pandulph, the pope’s legate, and received it back as a fief of the Holy See. (800th anniversary)
1813Danish existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was born. He became the precursor of existential philosophy. His writings attacked formalism in Christianity because he believed Christ makes demands on His followers. (200th anniversary)
1963Death of A. W. Tozer. Affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, he was the author of many devotional essays collected in books such as Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy. (50th anniversary)
June
313The Edict of Milan was proclaimed by Licinius when he entered Nicomedia, legitimizing Christianity in the eastern Roman Empire. (1700th anniversary)
1663England passed the Conventicle Act which imposed heavy penalties on Nonconformists (pastors who did not conform to the Church of England) if they held a meeting at which more than five non-family members were present. (350th anniversary)
1863Death of Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian church organist and composer of “Silent Night.” Although he wrote other music, he is remembered for the tune to that one carol. (150th anniversary)
1863Renan published his Life of Jesus, which rejected much of the supernatural found in the Gospels, depicting Jesus as a great moral teacher. (150th anniversary)
1913During a revival service at Pokagon, Michigan, Methodist evangelist George Bennard introduced his newly-completed hymn, ‘The Old Rugged Cross.’ He had played unfinished versions earlier. (100th anniversary)
1963Death of Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council which made far-reaching changes in Catholic practice. (50th anniversary)
1963The US Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to require the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or Bible verses in public schools in the case Abington School District v. Schempp. (50th anniversary)
July
1663King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island colony. It guaranteed religious freedom regardless of “differences in opinion in matters of religion.” (350th anniversary)
1813Death of Granville Sharp. A member of the so-called “Clapham Sect,” of which William Wilberforce was the most prominent voice, he won an important court ruling that no person could remain a slave upon English soil. Sharp was also a Bible scholar who propounded a rule for reading the Greek. (200th anniversary)
1813Judson reaches Rangoon to begin his work. (200th anniversary)
1863Clement C. Moore dies. A biblical scholar, he established General Theological Seminary in 1819, where he taught Greek and Hebrew Literature for 28 years, but is more famous for his poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (aka ’Twas the Night Before Christmas). (150th anniversary)
1913In Oxford, Pennsylvania the first Victorious Life Conference closed. Inspired by England’s Keswick Movement, founder Robert C. McQuilkin emphasized spiritual freedom from the power of sin. (100th anniversary)
August
1213Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton met with the Barons and prelates of England, a step toward the eventual promulgation of the precedent-setting charter of human and political rights, the Magna Charta. (800th anniversary)
1263King James I or Aragon ordered Jews to erase from the Talmud any passages vilifying Jesus or Mary. (750th anniversary)
1613Birth of Jeremy Taylor, Anglican clergyman and devotional writer. Two of his works became classic expressions of Anglican spirituality: The Rule and Exercise of Holy Living and The Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying. (400th anniversary)
1863Robert College opened its doors in Constantinople with Cyrus Hamlin as its first President. Hamlin—educator, inventor, architect and missionary—had gone to Turkey as a missionary in 1838 where he worked with the Armenian minority and established a Seminary to train young men to become pastors and teachers among the Greeks and Armenians living in Turkey. (150th anniversary)
1913Death of Hermann Daniel Uhlig, pioneer missionary to the deaf and director of the Detroit Institute for Deaf. (100th anniversary)
1963In a racially-motivated attach, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed, killing four black girls. The sermon that day was to have been “The Love that Forgives,” based on Matthew 5:43-44. (50th anniversary)
1963Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (50th anniversary)
September
313Sessions opened on the question of the legitimacy of certain North African bishops. Held in the house of Constantine’s wife; these confirmed Caecilian and condemned Donatus. (1700th anniversary)
1213At the Battle of Muret, fought near Toulouse, crusaders under Simon de Montfort defeated the Catharist (Albigensian) forces. (800th anniversary)
1563The Pope commanded Jeanne D’Albret, Huguenot Queen of Navarre, to appear for examination on heresy on pain of losing her lands. Since her territories were French, the French government defended her. (450th anniversary)
1813“The Religious Remembrancer” (later renamed “The Christian Observer”) was first published in Philadelphia. It was the first weekly religious newspaper in the United States and in the world. (200th anniversary)
1863Pope Pius IX issued his encyclical “On persecution in New Grenada,” deploring mistreatment of the Catholic church. (150th anniversary)
October
313Donatus, a strict African bishop, who led a schism, is condemned by Miltiades, the Bishop [pope] of Rome. (1700th anniversary)
1863The International Red Cross, spearheaded by Christians, was founded at a conference which began on this day in Geneva. (150th anniversary)
1913Death of Mary A. Lathbury, author of the beloved hymns “Break Thou the Bread of Life” and “Day Is Dying in the West.” An art teacher, she was known for her self-forgetfulness and love. (100th anniversary)
November
963A Roman synod deposed Pope John XII at the instigation of Emperor Otho I against whom John had revolted. John was the first pope known to have changed his name upon accession to the papacy at the age of eighteen. (1050th anniversary)
1263Death of Alexander Nevski, Prince of Novgorod, who won crushing victories over Swedish invaders and the Teutonic Knights. He also refused to bow to the idols of the Golden Horde although this could have meant death. He was later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and in the 20th century Sergei Prokofiev wrote a famous cantata based on his life. (750th anniversary)
1863The first annual national Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in the U.S. on this day, November 28, 1863 in the midst of a desperate civil war. President Lincoln had proclaimed the fourth Thursday of each November a day of national thanks and the nation responded with fervor. (150th anniversary)
1963Death of C. S. “Jack” Lewis, beloved apologist, scholar and author, whose Narnia fantasies have been read by millions and made into movies. Other well-known works include Mere Christianity and the Screwtape Letters. (50th anniversary)
December
1913Howard Goss and Eudorus N. Bell called for a general council of Pentecostals because excesses, spiritual error, and lack of education were threatening to destroy it. Out of this gathering the Assemblies of God emerged. (100th anniversary)
1963The Second Vatican Council issued the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was born in Belfast, Ireland, the younger of two sons. He was educated at Malvern College for a year and then privately. In 1931, after being an atheist since age 15, Lewis claimed to have been converted to Christianity.
It is clear from Lewis' own words that he was not a born-again Christian. Lewis plainly taught that water baptism and sacraments were a means to finding, what he termed as, the "Christ-life" (Mere Christianity, pp.62,63). New Agers and ecumenical compromisers love C.S. Lewis, because his philosophies attempt to yoke Christian beliefs with pagan religion.
According to Lewis' own words, he was: "A very ordinary layman of The Church of England." The Church of England is apostate! C.S. Lewis authored over 60 books which included poems, novels, children's books, science fiction, theology, literary criticisms, educational philosophy, and an autobiography. Mr. Lewis was a dangerous man, and his writings ought to be burned. Mr. Lewis was certainly no Christian. He may have had churchianity; but he didn't have Christianity.
Worldly Compromise and Ecumenism
In 1993, Christianity Today explained why C.S. Lewis is so popular among Evangelicals. Among the reasons given for his popularity was the following...
"Lewis's … concentration on the main doctrines of the church coincided with evangelicals' concern to avoid ecclesiastical separatism" (Christianity Today, 10/25/93).
Christianity Today magazine admits that C.S. Lewis is popular to Evangelicals today because, like then, he despised Biblical separation. Like it or not, the Word of God teaches that Christians are to separate from the unsaved (2nd Corinthians 6:14-17; and from other professed "Christians" who live in unrepentant sin (1st Corinthians 5:11).
From 1954 until his death in 1963, C.S. Lewis was professor of medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University. Today, C.S. Lewis is known as a distinguished literary scholar and Christian apologist. This is tragic and a further sign of the apostate condition of the church today. Mere Christianity (a book upon which the beliefs of many professing Christians are based) is considered one of the most profound and logically irrefutable writings on Christian apologetics. In reality, it is a work of garbage, filled with lies and distortions of the truth. It is in this book (on page 139) that Lewis refers to man is the "highest animal" (1st Corinthians 15:39 calls Mr. Lewis a liar). The concept of "mere Christianity" means agreeing on a small common denominator of Christian truth, while tolerating great areas of disagreement. In essence, Lewis' book is an attempt to corrupt the church.
Apostates and False Religions Praise C.S. Lewis
In a recent issue of Christianity Today, Millet, dean of Brigham Young University, is quoted as saying that C.S. Lewis "is so well received by Latter-day Saints [Mormons] because of his broad and inclusive vision of Christianity" (John W. Kennedy, "Southern Baptists Take Up the Mormon Challenge," Christianity Today, 6/15/98, p. 30). This fact alone ought to show you that Lewis was a heretic. I mean, Mormonism is a false religion, a perverted sex-cult, and they honor Lewis.
As an indication of Lewis's continued popularity, annual book sales remain over two million (half of which comes from The Chronicles Of Narnia series, an occult fantasy series written for children. In an article commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lewis's birth, J.I. Packer called him "our patron saint." Christianity Today said Lewis "has come to be the Aquinas, the Augustine, and the Aesop of contemporary Evangelicalism" ("Still Surprised by Lewis," Christianity Today, 9/7/98). Wheaton College sponsored a lecture series on C.S. Lewis, and Eerdmans published "The Pilgrim’s Guide" to C.S. Lewis. In April 1998, Mormon professor Robert Millet spoke at Wheaton College on the topic of C.S. Lewis. This is all so tragic!
If it is true to say that 'you are what you eat,' then it is also true to say that 'a Christian is what he hears and reads,' since this is how he gets his spiritual food. Thus if Christians are brought up on a diet of C.S. Lewis, it should not surprise us to find they are seeking 'to continue the legacy of C.S. Lewis.' The apostle Paul said, 'A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump' (Gal. 5:9). Thus, if evangelicals read and applaud such books as Mere Christianity, it should come as no surprise if we find them ‘working towards a common mission’ with the enemies of the gospel. The young Christian should be very careful what he reads, and those in positions of authority (pastors, teachers, parents) should be very careful what they recommend others to read (Dr. Tony Baxter, "The Enigma of C.S. Lewis," CRN Journal, Winter 1998, Christian Research Network, Colchester, United Kingdom, p. 30).
C.S. Lewis is regarded by many as the greatest contemporary lay writer for the Christian faith. With his witty English humor, sharp and simple logic, and seeming loyalty to the tenets of the Christian faith, C.S. Lewis has won the admiration of millions of fans in England and here in the United States. Churches all across America have embraced the writings of C.S. Lewis, not realizing that the man was of the Devil.
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