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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
11/22 (1943): Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
4/1 (1922): In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
1/1 (1984): The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
1/15 (1975): The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
6/19 (1862): President Abraham Lincoln signs the Territorial Slavery Act of 1862, which prohibits slavery in all current and future United States territories.
12/25 (1776): American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
3/17 (1942): Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
5/1 (1925): The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
12/25 (1915): The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders Cai E and Tang Jiyao proclaim the independence of Yunnan and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
1/15 (1822): Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
4/9 (1939): African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.