THIS DAY IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY: August 14 Looking back on the history of Christianity and the Church, we notice that it is sometimes violent, sometimes inspiring, shocking, tragic, comic, or just plain bizarre. It is certainly never dull. Our Christian heritage was passed down to us through blood, sweat and tears, but mostly by the faith of our fathers. The church age as we know it is coming to an end very soon. Be very blessed and informed as you read these brief notations on the successes and failures of Christianity throughout the ages. August 14, 1248: Rebuilding of the Cologne Cathedral -- the largest Gothic-style in Northern Europe-- begins in Germany. The cathedral was first built in 873 but was destroyed by fire. The rebuilding project was completed exactly 632 years later, on August 14, 1880. The cathedral was damaged again during World War II. Aug. 14, 1314: Raymond Lull sails to evangelize Islamic countries. August 14, 1457: The Book of Psalms, printed by Fust and Schoeffer, was one of the earliest products of the first presses. August 14, 1670: William Penn and his associates were arrested for preaching in the streets. The sturdiness of his jurors in refusing to convict him although starved and abused, will win Englishmen the right to freedom of religious expression. This case also made it illegal for judges to tamper with juries. August 14, 1739: English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: Our extremity is Gods opportunity. August 14, 1785: John Fletcher, a noble-minded and zealous Methodist pastor who briefly succeeded Wesley as head of the Methodists, died on this day. Aug. 14, 1796: Death of Benjamin Abbot, American revivalist. August 14, 1810: Birth of Samuel S. Wesley, English organist and hymn composer, and grandson of Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley. Himself a sacred composer, Samuel Wesley penned over 130 original hymn tunes. The best remembered of these today is AURELIA, to which is sung The Churchs One Foundation. August 14, 1814: During the American Revolution, American patriot Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was held overnight as a British prisoner during their shelling of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. In the morning, Key penned what later became our national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner. August 14, 1848: Death of English devotional writer Sarah Flower Adams, 43, a Unitarian. In 1845 she published The Flock at the Fountain, a catechism containing hymns for children. One of those hymns remains popular to this day: Nearer, My God, To Thee. August 14, 1941: Maximilian Kolbe was martyred. After a prisoner escaped from a Nazi camp, the Nazis picked ten men at random to die so that the remaining prisoners would be hesitant to let others escape. Maximilian took the place of one of the ten and led hymns and prayers until he starved to death. August 14, 1944: German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises ... leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself. My sources for this daily post are --- Wikipedia, Christianhistory.net, Chinstitute.org, StudyLight.org, and books by William D. Blake, A. Kenneth Curtis and Daniel Graves. ---be very blessed and get ready for God’s best.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:34:04 +0000
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