The Scholar Who Challenged the Church
On July 12, 1536, Desiderius Erasmus… Continue reading The Scholar Who Challenged the Church
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Half-Crazy Cruden
Christians of many generations have located verses of Scripture by pulling their Cruden’s Concordance off its shelf. Spurgeon wrote in the flyleaf of his, “For ten years this has been at my left hand when the Word of God has … Continue reading Half-Crazy Cruden
The Cautious Reformer
Desiderius Erasmus, born in 1466 in Rotterdam, Holland, was the illegitimate son of a priest. He was orphaned in childhood, swindled out of his inheritance, and forced into a monastery that he hated—except for its library. Reaching adulthood, Erasmus approached … Continue reading The Cautious Reformer
The Thirty Years’ War
Meanwhile, White Mountain wasn’t the end of the war, but its beginning. Continue reading The Thirty Years’ War
Robert “Cotton” Southwell
The death of Robert Southwell on this day, February 21, 1595, dramatizes the fact that neither high birth, sincerity, poetic gifts nor a sweet disposition can protect one from persecution. Chances are if you have seen Southwell’s name at all, it has … Continue reading Robert “Cotton” Southwell
Jeanne d’Arc
Her body was consumed by the flames; all but her heart… Continue reading Jeanne d’Arc
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