Grantian Florilegium

On this day in 1384, John Wyclif died of a stroke—but there would be no rest for his bones. Almost thirty years later, the Council of Consta...

John, the beloved Apostle, was one of the founders of the church in Ephesus. He carried out his pastoral charge with particular compassion ...

Often called Childermas or the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the first Sunday after Christmas has traditionally remembered and solemnized the...

December 26 is commemorated as an official holiday in Britain and in several other English-speaking lands--known as Boxing Day. On this day...

Like the Good King Wenceslaus, Stephen (c. 35) was killed because of his convictions about the revelation of Christ in the world. Indeed, a...

Bells have long been used to summon, to ring for joy, or to sound alarm. Apparently, some early bell-ringers even believed that the sound of...

According to the majority of eighteenth and nineteenth century historians, the most remarkable event during America's Founding Era did n...

Charles Dickens burst onto the literary scene in England with a series of prose sketches published in a monthly magazine and later in a dail...

Though he was doubter at first, the Apostle Thomas (c. 10-60) came to believe that Christ was not only risen from the dead, but proclaimed h...

On this day in 1946, It's a Wonderful Life was shown in a charity preview at New York's Globe Theatre, the night before its officia...