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Scripture, Tradition, and Reason — the "three-legged stool" — seeking the via media.
Key question: “How do we faithfully interpret this text using the wisdom of Scripture, Church tradition, and God-given Reason?”
24,180 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
7/20 (1999): The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
8/6 (1890): At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
9/2 (2010): Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
7/14 (1865): The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward Whymper and his party, four of whom die on the descent.
7/20 (1920): The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
3/15 (1848): A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
11/9 (1967): Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.
5/8 (1963): South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.