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This Month in Lutheran History
[Monthly Index]
- April 1
- 1548 - Sigismund I of Poland died. Although a devout
Catholic, Sigismund protected Protestants and other non-Catholics from persecution.
- April 2
- 1521 - Martin Luther left for Worms where he had been
summoned by the Church to be questioned about his writings.
- April 3
- 1507 - Martin Luther received his ordination as
a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1771 - Hans Nielsen Hauge was born. Although a lay preacher
(which was illegal in Norway), Hauge had a profound impact on Norwegian Lutheranism through his emphasis on
obedience and sanctification.
- April 5
- 1819 - Heinrich Schwan was born. Schwan served as the
third president of the Missouri Synod.
- April 6
- 1947 - The Lutheran Hour began broadcasting in Brazil.
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- April 7
- 1523 - Katharina von Bora and six other nuns arrived
in Wittenberg after escaping from the Nimbschen convent.
- April 8
- 1586 - Martin Chemnitz died. Chemnitz was a student
of Philipp Melanchthon and assisted in the writing of the Formula of Concord.
- April 9
- 1947 - The first Missouri Synod communion service in
Havana, Cuba, took place.
- April 10
- 1839 - The first group of Saxons departed St.
Louis for Perry County, Missouri.
- April 11
- 1562 - Leaders of the Huguenots signed a manifesto
in Orleans, France, declaring that they had no choice but to take up arms against the persecution of
Protestants by the French Church and monarchy.
- 1993 - Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church (then known as Zionsville Lutheran Church)
holds it's first service on Easter Sunday at Somer Conference Center.
- April 12
- 1839 - The first group of Saxon immigrants arrived
in Perry County, Missouri, to purchase land.
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- April 13
- 1742 - G.F. Handel's Messiah premiered in Dublin, Ireland.
- April 15
- 1841 - The Altenburg Debate between C.F.W. Walther
and Adolf Marbach on Church and Ministry began.
- April 16
- 1521 - As Martin Luther entered Worms to be questioned
on his challenges to the Church, the Elector begged him not to enter, as his death had already been decided.
Luther responded: "If there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter."
- April 17
- 1529 - Louis de Berquin, Martin Luther's French translator
and a leader of the Huguenots, was burned at the stake for heresy.
- April 18
- 1521 - At the Diet of Worms, Martin Luther refused to
recant his writings on Scripture, proclaiming: "Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!"
- April 19
- 1560 - Philipp Melanchthon died. Melanchthon was one of the
original leaders of the Reformation.
- April 20
- 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer, the term "Protestant"
was first applied to participants of the Reformation. The term was taken from the Protestatio, a statement by
the Reformers challenging the emipire's stance on religion.
- 1558 - Johannes Bugenhagen died. One of the main Reformers
and pastor of the city church at Wittenberg, Bugenhagen helped Luther with his German Bible translation as
well as translating the Bible into Low German himself.
- April 22
- 1859 - Friedrich Pfotenhauer was born. Pfotenhauer served as
the fifth president of the Missouri Synod.
- April 23
- 1529 - Martin Luther published his Large Catechism.
- April 24
- 1547 - The Schmalkaldic War ended with Charles V's
disbanding of the Schmalkaldic League.
- April 25
- 1847 - The organizational meeting for The Lutheran
Church--Missouri Synod began.
- April 26
- 1847 - The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod was officially
organized.
- April 27
- 1541 - The Lutherans and the Papists met at the
Conference at Regensburg. The council was called to restore religious unity in Germany.
- April 28
- 1899 - The Missouri Synod founded its Brazil mission.
- April 29
- 1530 - Martin Luther published his Exhortation to All
Clergy Assembled at Augsburg.
- April 30
- 1598 - Henri IV
of France issued the Edict of Nantes.
The edict gave many religious and civil freedoms to the Huguenots, the French Protestants.
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