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Theosis, liturgical tradition, patristic theology.
Key question: “How does this reveal the path to union with God?”
16504 illustrations found
On November 21, 1944: World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait. This historical event can serve as a power
On November 22, 498: After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. This historical event can serve as a
On November 21, 1967: Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." This
On November 22, 1940: World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. This historical event can serve as a powerful
On November 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. This historical event can
On November 23, 1924: Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times. This historical
On November 22, 1307: Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets. This historical e
On November 22, 1989: NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustrat
On November 22, 2004: The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and
On November 23, 1499: Seven days after being convicted of treason, Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England, is hanged for attempting to escape from the Tower of London; his supporter John
On November 21, 1995: The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This historical even
On November 23, 1914: Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair. This historical event can serve as a powerfu
On November 23, 1867: The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody. This historical event
On November 23, 1991: Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration
On November 23, 1943: World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of histor
On November 24, 1221: Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia. This historical event can serve as
On November 23, 1943: World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche
On November 24, 1863: American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confedera
On November 24, 1941: World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the gift of freedom and libe
On November 23, 1921: Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, signs the Willis-Campbell Act into law, prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes. This
On November 24, 1962: Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. This historical event can serve as a p
On November 23, 1944: World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War. This historical event can serve as a powerful
On November 23, 1971: Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time. This historical event can serve a
On February 20, 1553: Yohannan Sulaqa professes his Catholic belief and is ordained as bishop shortly after; this marks the beginning of the Chaldean Catholic Church. This historical event can serve