Today in 1869 we remember the birth near Hannover in Germany of Rudolph Otto. He is now regarded as one of the most influential...

Today in 1900 the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche died. The last ten years of his life had been filled with unhappiness...

Today we travel to Germany where the influential Lutheran theologian Rudolf Karl Bultmann was born in 1884. One of the pioneers of the...

The father of Soren Kierkergaard died today age 82. Kierkegaard wrote in his diary: "My father died on Wednesday (the 8th) at 2:00 a.m. I...

Today in 1750 the body of Johan Sebastian Bach was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the churchyard of St. John’s, Leipzig. The...

Today Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s, parents learnt of his execution by Nazis at Flossenberg concentration camp through a radio broadcast from...

Today we remember the death of Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack , an influential German theologian and historian; who had a huge impact on...

Today in 1934 the first synod of the Confessing Church ended. They issued the important Barmen Declaration. An important and brave...

it’s the 25th of May and on this day in Christian History we go back to year 1995 and travel to Rome where Ut Unum Sint, the first...

In 1526 at the Diet (assembly) of Speyer the reformers became protestants. Today we look at how that happened and what that means. What...

Today we take the dark journey back to 1945 and travel to Germany and the Flossenbürg concentration camp. The theologian Dietrich...

Today we go back to year 1991 and travel to Canberra in Australia, and the closing of the 7th assembly of the World Council of Churches. ...

Today in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the Kingdom of Poland. A mathematician, astronomer, and priest - he profoundly changed the...

Today Christians all over the world mark the first day of Lent as Ash Wednesday. The ritual of 'ashing' the forehead replaces the normal...

Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...

Today we remember the life and work of Erasmus the Dutch priest and 'Prince amongst Humanists'. This is the day in 1516 he dedicated his...

Today in 1552 Katharina von Bora was born, she became known as the ‘Lutheress’ because at the age of 26 she was to marry the reformer...

Today in 1579 a treaty was signed by Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and the province (but not the city) of Groningen which effectively split...

Today in 1829, Germany saw the premiere of Faust. A tragedy in two parts, Goethe's Faust is considered to be the greatest work in German...

Today the third and final session of the Council of Trent opened. An ecumenical council as opposed to a local council it would prove ...