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This Month in Lutheran History
[Monthly Index]
- December 1
- 1523 - The Reformation began in Strasbourg, France
- December 2
- 1956 - The first Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod service
in Butuan City, the Philippines took place.
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- December 3
- 1483 - Nikolaus von Amsdorf was born. A friend and co-worker
of Martin Luther, Amsdorf fought for a faithful following of Luther's doctrines after Luther's death.
- December 4
- 1842 - Trinity Church, St. Louis was dedicated.
- December 7
- 1539 - Believing bigamy to be preferable to divorce,
Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon gave Philip of Hesse permission to marry a second wife. The bigamous
relationship eventually caused a scandal.
- December 8
- 1849 - The Wisconsin Synod was organized as
"Die erste deutch evang.-luth. Synode von Wisconsin".
- 1947 - McCollum v. Board of Education was
argued before the Supreme Court. At question was the possible violation of the First Amendment
by religious education in public schools.
- December 9
- 1839 - The log cabin college in Dresden, Perry
County, Missouri, founded by Buenger, Brohm, Fuerbringer, and Walther, opened.
- December 10
- 1520 - Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon burned
the papal bull threatening excommunication for Luther and several books advocating the authority of the
Pope on a bonfire. Luther was excommunicated less than a month later.
- December 11
- 1570 - John Brenz died. Brenz was Luther's most
reliable friend in southern Germany.
- 1901 - Oliver Harms was born. Harms served as the
seventh president of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.
- December 12
- 1841 - The Saxons dedicated their first school
building in Altenberg, Missouri.
- December 13
- 1545 - The first session of the Council of Trent opened.
The papacy called the council to deal with the Reformation and renewal in the Church.
- December 14
- 1924 - The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod founded its St.
Louis radio station, KFUO.
- December 15
- 1864 - Congress amended the Constitution with ten
amendments known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment protects the freedom of religious expression
and outlaws any form of State religion.
- December 16
- 1854 - After immigrating to America, the Wendish (Slavic)
Lutherans settled in Galveston, Texas
- December 20
- 1552 - Katharina (von Bora) Luther died. Katharina was
Martin Luther's wife.
- December 21
- 1521 - The Zwickau "Prophets" -- Muentzer, Storch, and Stuebner
-- arrived at Wittenberg.
- December 22
- 1548 - The Leipzig Interim was adopted. The interim,
written by Maurice of Saxony, compromised several of the Lutheran beliefs and positions, including those
dealing with the doctrine of justification.
- December 24
- 1851 - Heinrich Schwan, serving as a pastor in Cleveland,
Ohio, set up a Christmas tree inside the church. Schwan helped to popularize this practice in America.
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- December 25
- 1521 - Andreas Karlstadt, pastor of the Wittenberg
City Parish Church, gave Communion in German and allowed the laity to take the bread and wine in their
hands.
- December 28
- 1384 - John Wycliffe died. Wycliffe was a professor at
Oxford, where he expressed many of the criticisms of church teaching and practice that would later be found
at the heart of Martin Luther's protests leading to the Reformation.
- December 31
- 1838 - The first group of Saxon immigrants, onboard
the ship Copernicus, arrived in New Orleans.
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