1563: The Edict of Amboise granted a limited amount of freedom to
French Protestants, thereby ending the First Huguenot War.
1641: A
General Court ended which declared the Colony of Rhode Island a democracy. The Court also
adopted a constitution granting religious freedom to all its citizens.
1937:
Pius XI declared in the encyclical Divini redemptoris: 'There would be neither
Socialism nor Communism today if the rulers of the nations had not scorned the teachings
and material warnings of the Church."
1944:
German Lutheran pastor and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: "We can
have abundant life, even though many wishes remain unfulfilled."
1987:
Jim Bakker, 48, stepped down as head of the PTL ministry amid disclosures of a 1980 sexual
liaison with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
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)
