DECEMBER 12
ANNA SCHINDLER: FROM REFUGEE TO FAITH LEADER (1739)
“Whereas we have now learned that Nikon lived tyrannically, and not meekly as befits a prelate, and that he was given to iniquity, rapacity, and tyrann...”
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Piety should begin at home (1875)
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Events
1199
Because Philip Augustus has taken a second wife without properly divorcing his first, Pope Innocent III lays the entire nation of France under an interdict that goes into effect the 12 January 1200 and lasts until 7 September, when Philip will divest himself of the unlawful second wife.
Authority for the date: Catholic Encyclopedia1666
The Council of Moscow deposes Russian Orthodox Patriarch Nikon, whose autocratic ways and liturgical reforms had resulted in strife between church and state.
Authority for the date: Shusherin, Ivan Kornil’evich, Kevin Kain, and Katíà Levintova. From Peasant to Patriarch.1733
Ordination of Stephen Parker, Ebenezer Hinsdell, and Joseph Seccombe at Old South Church in Boston to be missionaries to the American Indians.
Authority for the date: Beaver, R. Pierce. Pioneers in Mission. Eerdman’s, 1966.1739
Death at Marienborn of Anna Schindler Dober who, with Anna Nitschmann, had formed the band of unmarried sisters at Herrnhut, the Moravian center. She also wrote hymns and, following her marriage to Bishop Dober, labored beside him to convert Jews.
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.1907
Evangelist William Durham acquires the property for his North Avenue Mission in Chicago. His Pentecostal meetings will be well attended and will often run all night.
Authority for the date: Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism1931
Ordination in Basutoland of its first Black African Roman Catholic priest, Raphael Mohasi.
Authority for the date: A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America1971
Ordination of Ezekiel Ogunniran Oyatumo in the Nigerian Baptist Convention. Because he was in his twenties before he was able to obtain regular schooling, he had been taunted by younger students. Nonetheless, through hard work and persistence he will become one of the most notable pastors in Nigeria, a prayer warrior, and a defender of conservative values. His church will grow steadily and he will write several books, including a history of the Nigerian Baptists.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.