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Russian Reformation -
This Sabbath-keeping movement reached to the highest levels of Russian
society and led to fiery executions in Moscow's Red Square
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Ethiopia: Sabbath Crisis
- Jesuit missionaries succeeded in converting the Emperor to Roman
Catholicism, but attempts to quash Sabbath-keeping resulted in civil war.
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The Inquisition - Civil
and religious authorities united to root out "heresy."
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Spain: Heart of Intolerance
- The "Catholic Monarchs," Ferdinand and Isabella, used the Spanish
Inquisition to rid their church of Jewish heresies.
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Goa: Reign of Terror -
Inquisitors carried their campaign of religious persecution to the coast
of India, part of Portugal's expanding empire.
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Sola Scriptura? -
Protestant Reformers insisted on the authority of the sacred Scriptures,
while Roman Catholic leaders defended their church's stand on tradition.
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Radical Reformation -
Persecuted by Protestants and Catholics alike, these radical reformers
stood for strict adherence to biblical teachings. Among them were new
champions of the seventh-day Sabbath.
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Sabbath in the North -
Church leaders in Norway and Denmark tried to stamp out Sabbath
observance among Catholic and Lutheran church members.
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The Seventh-day Men - While
many Puritan preachers promoted strict Sunday observance, other prominent
Englishmen called for a return to the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments.
