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1547: The
Seventh Session of the Council of Trent declared: 'If anyone says that one baptized
cannot, even if he wishes, lose grace, however much he may sin, unless he is unwilling to
believe, let him be anathema.'
1744: Colonial
missionary to the American Indians, David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'In the morning,
spent an hour in prayer. Prayer was so sweet an exercise to me that I knew not how to
cease, lest I lose the spirit of prayer.'
1931: American
linguistic pioneer Frank Laubach wrote in a letter: 'If we only let God have his full
chance he will break our hearts with the glory of his revelation. That is the privilege
which the preacher can have. It is his business to look into the very face of God until he
aches with bliss.'
1950: Trappist monk
Thomas Merton wrote in "Sign of Jonas": 'The Christian life...is a continual
discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places. And these discoveries are sometimes most
profitable when you find him in something you had tended to overlook or even despise.'
1959: By a vote taken
in both bodies, the Unitarian Church and the Universalist Church, along with their
fellowships __ the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America
merged into a single denomination.
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com) |
