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December 10, 1520: German reformer Martin Luther publicly burns Pope Leo X’s bull “Exsurge Domine,” which had demanded that Luther recant his heresies—including justification by faith alone (see issue 34: Luther’s Early Years).

December 10, 1561: German theologian Caspar Schwenkfeld, a reformer who fell out of favor with the “mainstream” Reformation movement because of his Christology (he believed Christ’s humanity was deified), dies (see issue 21: Caspar Schwenkfeld).

December 10, 1824: Scottish writer and poet George MacDonald, whose fairy tales and mythopoetic novels inspired C.S. Lewis, is born (see issue 7: C.S. Lewis).

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