October Surprise ?

No , not at all . The 10th month is a very Calvinistic one ! ( But I will include others . Maybe one of you can identify the non-Calvinists .)

1__ John James Angel died in 1859

5__ Thomas Goodwin was born in 1600
5__ Jonathan Edwards was born in 1703

6__ William Tyndale was strangled and burnt in 1536

8__ John Clarke was born in 1609

9__ Grosseteste died in 1253

11__ William Robertson Nicoll was born in 1851

12__ William Gurnall died in 1679

13__ Theodore Beza died in 1605

16__ Daniel Rowlands died in 1790
16__ Nicholas Ridley was burned in 1555
16__ Hugh Latimer also died in the flames with Ridley on the same date

17__ Francis Turretin was born in 1623

18__ Matthew Henry was born in 1662

19__ Robert Smith Candlish died in 1873

22__ Archibald Alexander died in 1851
22__ Susannah Spurgeon died in 1903

25__ Frederick Godet was born in 1812

29__ Frederick Godet died in 1890
29__ Abraham Kuyper was born in 1837

 

Actually this thread has nothing to do with events in Church History as such -- except the births and deaths of some notable individuals .

 

BUMP ! It's that time of year again .

 

I am a Calvinist WD . I have a fondness for Calvinists throughout history . I just wanted to give them some appreciation . And , I wanted others to be aware of them also .

I have started threads in the past honoring non-Calvinists . There have been godly men and women who were not Calvinists . You can start a thread mentioning them as I have here if you'd like .

In my time here I have seen some rather worthless thread subjects . This isn't one of them . However you are free to disagree !

 

Yes , Matthew Henry was a firm Calvinist . But don't let David Cloud know that you found out . Keep it under your hat . He uses Henry when it suits his purpose .

It was said that Henry read Henry's commentary so much that he virtually became the Matthew Henry of the open air . Of course George Whitefield saturated himself with the Holy Scripture -- the source from which Henry drew .