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Plus additional current events from Christian history | [View online]( [ChristianityToday.org]([Donate]( [Christian History Newsletter]( Friday, November 17, 2017 On this day - November 17 November 17, 3 B.C.: According to early church father Clement of Alexandria (c.155-c.220), Jesus was born on this date ([issue 59: Jesus of Nazareth](). November 17, 270 (traditional date): Gregory Thaumaturgus ("The Wonder Worker"), a well-loved bishop in Pontus and the author of the first Christian biography (on Origen) dies. A legend, from a generation later, about the Virgin Mary visiting him is the first account of a Marian apparition (see [issue 57: Converting the Empire](). November 17, 1558: Elizabeth ... [Read More]( Trending on CT [When Christians Sexually Harass and Assault]( [When Christians Sexually Harass and Assault]( Where does our rage belong when egregious actions are committed or defended by a "family member"? CT Editors [Do We Need Another Denzel Washington Christ Figure?]( [Do We Need Another Denzel Washington Christ Figure?]( CT asks the actor about his latest movie and Hollywood’s ongoing quest to score the faith audience. Alicia Cohn [Assimilation & Our Churches: Do We Do It Well?]( assimilation, membership [Assimilation & Our Churches: Do We Do It Well?]( Collect, Connect, Convene Ed Stetzer [Amena Brown: Art Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Churchy’ to Be Sacred]( [Amena Brown: Art Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Churchy’ to Be Sacred]( For the Atlanta-based spoken word poet, God shines best through art that feels human. [Your Disgust for Roy Moore’s Evangelicals May Say More about You than the Actual Data]( roy moore, evangelical, senate, election, accusation [Your Disgust for Roy Moore’s Evangelicals May Say More about You than the Actual Data]( Occam's razor, hermeneutics, and what the research really says Ed Stetzer [What’s a Christian to Do with Statements and Confessions? ]( Where We Stand [What’s a Christian to Do with Statements and Confessions?]( Public pressure to sign or abstain from them undermines their greatest value. Mark Galli [Racial Difference Without Division]( [Racial Difference Without Division]( The power of an ethnicity-honoring witness. Sarah Shin [How to Care for Abuse Survivors in Your Congregation]( [How to Care for Abuse Survivors in Your Congregation]( Practical ways to care for the wounded. Krispin Mayfield Browse past issues of Christian History from our [archives](. Follow Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [RSS]( [Subscribe to this newsletter]( IN THE MAGAZINE [Current Issue]( [Inside the Museum of the Bible]( [The Truth about Suicide]( [The Promise and Failure of Antibiotics]( [View Full Issue]( [Subscribe Now]( [Today in Christian History]( Delivered via email to subscribers everyday. [Subscribe]( | [Email Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Advertise]( | [Subscribe to CT]( You are currently subscribed as: {EMAIL} Copyright ©2017 [ChristianityToday.org](, Christianity Today, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.