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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: July 20 |
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1648: The Westminster Larger Catechism was adopted by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh. This and the Shorter Catechism have both been in regular use among Presbyterians, Baptists, and Congregationalists ever since.
1726: Colonial clergyman Jonathan Edwards, 23, married Sarah Pierpont, 16. Their marriage prospered for over 30 years, before his premature death in 1758. Sarah herself died only six months later, at 48.
1877: Birth of Jesse Overholtzer, who in 1937 incorporated Child Evangelism Fellowship in Chicago. Today the CEF mission agency works in over 60 countries worldwide.
1910: The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri began a campaign to ban all motion pictures that depicted kissing between non-relatives.
1962: Pope John XXIII sent invitations to all "separated Christian churches and communities," asking each to send delegate-observers to the upcoming Vatican II EcumenicalCouncil in Rome.
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