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Sacramental life, apostolic tradition, Magisterium.
Key question: “How does this connect to sacramental grace and Church teaching?”
16658 illustrations found
On January 16, 1120: Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. This historical event can serve as a powerful serm
On January 16, 1275: Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester. This historical event can serve as a powerful s
On January 15, 2009: US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudso
On January 16, 1847: Westward expansion of the United States: John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration
On January 16, 1757: Forces of the Maratha Empire are defeated by the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works thr
On January 16, 1716: King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and its legal system, being replaced by those of t
On May 9, 1955: Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history. Consider using it when preachin
On January 16, 1780: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history. Consi
On January 16, 1786: Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the gift of freedom and li
On January 16, 1809: Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events
On November 2, 1917: The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. This historical event can
On January 16, 1991: Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history.
On January 16, 1945: World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works th
On January 16, 2002: War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Talib
On July 20, 1949: The Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illu
On January 16, 1920: The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about God's creation and human discovery
On January 16, 2001: Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustr
On January 16, 1992: El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. This
On January 16, 1979: Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how
On January 16, 1969: Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another,
On January 17, 1524: Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God w
On January 16, 2001: US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War. This historical event can serve as a
On July 20, 1950: Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. This historical event can serve as a powerfu
On May 8, 1942: World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are execute