2020
James Guthrie Arrested for Treason, 1661
Week of February 16
By the 17th century, every country in Europe possessed a state church to which everyone in their respective jurisdictions, theoretically, belonged. France, half the Germanic states, Austria, Spain...
Athanasius Escapes Attack on Church, 356 AD
Week of February 9
Athanasius, the pastor of the Church in Alexandria, Egypt, was a Post-Apostolic Christian Church Father of immense importance. His bold and...
The Death of Scottish Historian Thomas Carlyle, 1881
Week of February 2
Thomas Carlyle was one of the most controversial of British historians in the 19th Century. He wrote best-selling books on the role of heroes in history...
Adolf Hitler Becomes German Chancellor, 1933
Week of January 26
Lord High Chancellor of England Sir Thomas More published a book in 1516 entitled Utopia. He created the word out of a Greek language pun...
Lott Carey Sails for Africa, 1821
Week of January 19
Lott Carey was born into a Christian family on the plantation of John Bowry, around 1780, five years into the War for American Independence. His grandmother helped raise Lott, and she was a...
Francis I Bans the Publishing of Books, 1535
Week of January 12
The University of Paris, commonly known as the Collège de Sorbonne, led the way intellectually in France during the period of history known as the...
The Death of Timothy Dwight, 1817
Week of January 5
Timothy Dwight IV was the oldest of thirteen children whose maternal grandfather, Jonathan Edwards, was destined to be regarded as one of the most brilliant men produced in American...