17th July 2001:Â Â Bowen University is established by the Nigerian Baptist Convention. Bowen University is a Christian Private University owned by the Nigerian Baptist Convention and located in Iwo, Osun State.
17th July 2021: Daniel Abioye, second son of the First Vice President of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Abioye weds Temilola Adeleye at The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, 24, A.E. Ekukinam Street, District, Utako, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria
17th July 1505: Martin Luther enters the Augustinian Monastic Order in Erfurt, Germany at age 21.
17th July 1674:Â Isaac Watts is born in Southampton, England. He was the author of about 600 hymns.
17th July 1917: American Baptist radio Evangelist, Charles E. Fuller accepts Christ as his savior. Fuller was ordained in 1925 and in 1937 began the pioneer program The Old Fashioned Revival Hour. He also helped found Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
17th July 180AD: The Scillitan Martyrs (Seven men and five women) of North Africa who had been captured carrying “the sacred books, and the letters of Paul” are tried before Roman Proconsul Saturninus. Since none would renounce their Christian faith, all 12 were beheaded.
17th July 431AD:Â The Council of Ephesus adjourns having rejected Nestorianism (the idea that Christ had two persons, not two natures) and condemned Pelagianism (the doctrine of Pelagius and his followers, in particular the denial of the doctrines of original sin and predestination, and the defence of innate human goodness and free will).
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