Oct 1 Guardini - The Lord
Today we are Munich in Bavaria, where one of the most creative theologians of the 20th Century, Romano Guardini died in 1968. His...
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Pearl of Great Price
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
Sep 23 - Khomiakov, Russian Theologian of Community
Today in 1860 we remember the Death from cholera of the Russian theologian Alexei Khomiakov, while treating peasants during an epidemic....
Pearl of Great Price
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
Sep 18 Rev George Macdonald and Goblins
Today we remember the death in 1905 of the Scottish clergyman George MacDonald who wrote novels to support himself. He is best remembered...
Pearl of Great Price
- Aug 28, 2021
- 3 min
Aug 24 Start of Non-conformism
On Aug 24th in 1662 the deadline arrived for all Christian Ministers to assent to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. 2000 Puritans...
Pearl of Great Price
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
Aug 7 The first 'mega-mass' in Munich -1960
On this day in Christian History we go back to year 1960 and travel to Munich where the 37th International Eucharistic Congress finished...
Pearl of Great Price
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
May 27 The oldest continuing legal system
The Body of Canon law is historically continuous from the early church to the present, and such can claim to be the oldest functioning...
Pearl of Great Price
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Mar 7 The New Rite
Today, Pope Paul VI celebrated the first Mass in Italian (rather than Latin) , facing the people, at the church of All Saints in the Via...
Pearl of Great Price
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Feb 28 Victorian Slum Priest Charles Lowder
Today we go back to year 1855 and the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross in Soho, London, by six Anglican priests lead by Charles...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
Feb 5 - Japans hidden Christians
Today we remember 26 Christians who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597. Tracing the rollercoaster story of Christianity in Japan, early...
Pearl of Great Price
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Feb 2 - Candlemas
Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...
Pearl of Great Price
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Jan 17 - Baptising Children?
Today in 1525 there was a public debate in Zurich, arranged by the city council, on whether it was permitted to baptise infants. Lead by...
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