
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 […]

Stoddard Opened Lord’s Table to All
Solomon Stoddard had a dilemma on his hands. New England Puritans held to a Covenant Theology. In its simplest terms, this said that any group of people who pledged to each […]

Lutheranism Made Official in Denmark
Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden was so cruel that his own people booted him off the throne in 1522. He had killed Danish nobles and an archbishop […]
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