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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
12/25 (1100): Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
10/12 (1999): The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
1/20 (1986): In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
11/22 (1963): U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn...
7/20 (1999): The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
12/24 (1818): The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
1/15 (1908): The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
11/9 (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government.
3/17 (1860): The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.