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Reading scripture in unity with Sacred Tradition and the teaching authority of the Church.
Key question: “How does this passage illuminate and cohere with the deposit of faith handed down through Sacred Tradition?”
24,200 sermon illustrations through the Roman Catholic lens
11/22 (1967): UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
3/15 (1672): King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.
7/4 (836): Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
11/11 (1919): Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
7/20 (1592): During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
1/1 (1725): J. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.
11/1 (996): Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
5/8 (2019): British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
12/7 (1987): Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
11/22 (1989): NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
7/14 (1951): Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
11/1 (1897): The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S.