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July 20, 1054: Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius, having been excommunicated from the Roman church four Days earlier, excommunicates Pope Leo IX and his followers. This precipitates the Great Schism (see issue 54: Eastern Orthodoxy).
July 20, 1910: The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri begins a campaign to ban all motion pictures that depicted kissing between nonrelatives.
Analysis
The newest documents remind Christians to support sexual abuse victims.
A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.
News
One victim describes the mob descending on their bus, a rare occurrence in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.
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Some see the crackdown as persecution, others challenge the national church’s ties to Russia.
Review
“The Carpenter’s Son,” starring Nicolas Cage, is disconnected from biblical hope.
The Bulletin
West Bank skirmishes, Congress releases Epstein documents mentioning Trump, and Gen Z reconsiders purity culture.
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Meanwhile in China, the house church continues to gather and baptize new believers.
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Pastors say the proposed law could harm religious freedoms.