Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Today in History - May 23

1498: The body of Girolamo Savonarola (45), moral scourge of Florence (1494-1498), was burned along with 2 Dominican  companions. An enraged crowd burned the previously hanged body of Savonarola at the same spot where he had ordered cultural works burned the year before (Source)

Recomended sermons and podcasts:

Girolama Savonarola, by Jeff Massey
The Firey Voice of Savonarola, by Rev. David Mook
Who Was Girolama Savonarola?, by Pastor Kevin Boling
Savonarola: Repent or Else! by Tom Coleman

1536: Pope Paul III installed the Portuguese Inquisition at the request of John III. The most common accusation was maintaining outlawed Jewish practices in secret (Source)

Recomended sermons and podcasts:

Inquisition, Witches and Mysics, by Dr. James White
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Inquisition, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1618: Violent act sparks Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) (Source)

Recomended podcast:

The Thirty Years' War, by Matt Powell
The 30 Years's War and the French Huguenots, by Aaron Wright

789: The first synod of Aachen met in Aachen, Germany, Under Charlemagne (Source)

Recomended sermons and podcasts:

Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire, by Brian Borgman
Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire, by Matt Marino
Muhammed and Charlemagne, by Dustin Warren
The Western Church in the 7th - 9th Centuries, by Aaron Wright

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)