Reformed Anglicans

31 March 2015 A.D.   Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims Besides Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, there are 88 additional quotes from other leaders regarding Jihadi-Reprobates, see:   http://reformationanglicanism.blogspot.com/2014/08/25-august-2014-ad-quotations-on-islam_25.html Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – 1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first president. “Turks were a great nation even before they adopted Islam. This religion did not help the Arabs, Iranians, Egyptians and others to unite with Turks to form a nation. Conversely, it weakened the Turks’ national relations; it numbed Turkish national feelings and enthusiasm. This was natural, because Mohammedanism was based on Arab nationalism above all nationalities. [84] “For nearly five hundred years, these rules and theories of an Arab Shaikh and the interpretations of gener...

31 March 2015 A.D. Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Launch in Australia:   Oh, oh! Talk of “Anglican Reformers”! What if they start talking about the English Reformation? Formularies? Theology? Powell, Russell. “Fellowship of Confessing Anglican Launch for Australia.” Anglican Ink. 27 Mar 2015. http://anglicanink.com/article/fellowship-confessing-anglicans-launch-australia . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans launch for Australia 27 Mar 2015 Author:  Russell Powell An Australian branch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans has been launched in Melbourne, watched by delegates from across Australasia at the Anglican Future Conference. The conference brought together 460 leaders, including 40 from New Zealand, to consider ways to strengthen what the organisers describe as “positive contemporary orthodoxy” in the Anglican Church.   Archbishop Wabukala spoke at the launch of the Australian FCA branch, mid-way through the...

31 March 2015 A.D. 34,000 Black Churches Break with Presbyterian Church, USA Evans, Anthony. “34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA.” Charisma News. 27 Mar 2015. http://www.charismanews.com/us/48944-34-000-black-churches-break-ties-with-presbyterian-church-usa . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. 34,000 Black Churches Break Ties With Presbyterian Church USA   More than 34,000 churches are leaving the Texas PCUSA over gay marriage. (Flickr/Creative Commons) The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans has broken its fellowship with Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) following its recent vote to approve same-sex marriage.   The Presbyterian General Assembly, the top legislative body of the PCUSA, voted last June to revise the constitutional language defining marriage. This arbitrary change of Holy Scripture is a flagrantly pretentious an...

March 2015 A.D.   Remembering Knox Seminary, D.Min. Program in English Reformation and (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Gerald Bray New at Knox Seminary = Doctor of Ministry–Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track New at Knox Theological Seminary.   http://www.knoxseminary.edu/programs/programs-of-study/doctor-of-ministry/doctor-of-ministry-theology-and-worship-of-the-english-reformation-track/ Doctor of Ministry–Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track *NEW FALL 2014* The Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track is designed to equip those in ministry to understand the doctrinal and liturgical reforms of the 16th and 17th centuries. The received traditions of Catholic faith and practice were rethought in 16th century Britain along the “evangelical” lines of the Reformation, resulting in a consistent though broad Protestantism lived and expressed through the Book of Common Prayer. The early English evangelicals did find a middl...

31 March 1992 A.D.   USS “Mighty Mo” MISSOURI (BB-63) Decommissioned http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1854 - Commodore Matthew C. Perry and Japanese officials sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening trade between U.S. and Japan. The treaty also provided protection for American merchant seamen wrecked in Japanese waters. 1917 - Rear Adm. James H. Oliver takes possession of the Danish West Indies for the United States, and they are renamed the U.S. Virgin Islands. He also becomes the first governor of the islands under American control. 1945 - USS Morrison (DD 560) and USS Stockton (DD 646) sink the Japanese submarine I 8, 65 miles southeast of Okinawa. 1992 - USS Missouri (BB-63), the last active American battleship, is decommissioned. Commissioned in June 1944, she served during World War II, notably for the location of the official Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945. Today, the "Mighty Mo" is open for visitors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as the ...

31 March 1944 A.D. HMCS SIOUX (R-64) & HMCS ALGONQUIN (R-14) Escort Task Force to Destroy German Battleship TIRPITZ in Norwegin Fjord; Canadians Command 2 Fighter Squadron in Carrier-Based Flights. http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/history/this-month-in-rcn-history/ March 31, 1944 The “V” class destroyers HMCS Sioux (R64 later 225) and HMCS Algonquin (R14 later 224) escort the task force deployed to destroy the German battleship Tirpitz in Norwegian Fjord.   Canadians command two squadrons of carrier-based fighter involved in the raid.

31 March 1943 A.D. HMCS SASKATCHEWAN (H-70) Commissioned http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/history/this-month-in-rcn-history/ The “F” class destroyer HMCS Saskatchewan (H70) commissions into the Royal Canadian Navy.   She is paid off 28 January 1946.   

31 March 1941 A.D. HMCS PRINCE HENRY Destroys German Merchant Ships MUENCHEN and HERMONTHES Off Peru http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/history/this-month-in-rcn-history/   The armed merchant cruiser HMCS Prince Henry intercepts and destroys the German merchantmen Muenchen and Hermonthes west of Callao, Peru.  

31 March 1940 A.D. Germany’s Atlantis (Auxiliary Cruiser) Launched; on 22 Nov 1941 HMS DEVONSHIRE Sinks Her Editors. “Germany’s Atlantis launches.” History. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germanys-atlantis-launches . Accessed 30 Mar 2015. On this day, the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis sets off on a mission to catch and sink Allied merchant ships. By the time the Atlantis set sail from Germany, the Allies had already lost more than 750,000 tons worth of shipping, the direct result of German submarine attacks. They had also lost another 281,000 tons because of mines, and 36,000 tons as the result of German air raids. The Germans had lost just eighteen submarines. The Atlantis had been a merchant ship itself, but was converted to a commerce raider with six 5.9-inch guns, 93 mines ready to plant, and two aircraft fit for spying out Allied ships to sink. The Atlantis donned various disguises in order to integrate itself into any shipping milieu...

31 March 1865 A.D. GEN Phil Sheridan Moves on GEN Lee’s Left Flank—“I Want to Smash Things” Editors. “ 1865 – The final offensive of the Army of the Potomac gathers steam when Union General Phil Sheridan moves against the left flank of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/march-31/ . Accessed 30 Mar 2015. 1865 – The final offensive of the Army of the Potomac gathers steam when Union General Phil Sheridan moves against the left flank of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The limited action set the stage for the Battle of Five Forks on April 1. This engagement took place at the end of the Petersburg line. For 10 months, the Union had laid siege to Lee’s army at Petersburg, but the trenches stretched all the way to Richmond, 25 miles north of Petersburg. Lee’s thinning army attacked Fort Stedman on March 25 in a futile attempt ...

31 March 1801 A.D. US Marine Barracks, 8 th & I Streets: President Jefferson and USMC Commandant Ride on Horseback to Pick Location http://www.usmchangout.com/military/branches/usmc/history/thisdayinhistory.htm#march 31 March 1801: On this date, LtCol Commandant William W. Burrows rode with president Thomas Jefferson to look for "a proper place to fix the Marine Barracks on." President Jefferson was a personal friend of the Commandant, and deeply interested in the welfare of the Corps and accompanied Burrows on horseback on the morning of 31 March. They chose a square in Southeast Washington, bounded by 8th and 9th streets, and a & I streets, because it lay near the Navy Yard and was within easy marching distance of the Capitol.

31 March 1777 A.D. Abigail Adams Advocates Women Voting Rights with Husband John Adams Editors. “ 1777 – A young Abigail Adams encouraged her husband John to give women voting privileges in the new American government. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/march-31/ .   Accessed 30 Mar 2015. 1777 – A young Abigail Adams encouraged her husband John to give women voting privileges in the new American government. She wrote to her husband on March 31, 1777, while he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention: “I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous to them than were your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound to obey any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Twent...